Account
Cart
The Afternoon He Stayed

The Afternoon He Stayed
80 x 80 cm
(31.5 x 31.5 inches)
Oil on Canvas

“The room was quiet except for the sound of the sea. The plants needed water, the door was open, but there was little moving. He sat there long enough for the afternoon light to shift across the floor, watching the horizon and waiting for someone to arrive.”

The series Afternoon in Paradise begins in the suspended heat of Mallarmé’s L’Après-midi d’un faune (1876), where a faun wakes from an afternoon dream unable to tell whether the figures he desired were real or imagined: “Ai-je aimé un rêve?” Did I love a dream?

Shortlisted for the Well Hung Gallery Painting Prize, London, 2026.

SELECTED WORKS

  • He Was Always Further On

    He Was Always Further On

  • Everything the Sea Would Not Say

    Everything the Sea Would Not Say

  • Crossing Toward the Green

    Crossing Toward the Green

  • Amongst the Trees He Sat Awhile

    Amongst the Trees He Sat Awhile

  • The Path Wound Down the Road

    The Path Wound Down the Road

  • The Afternoon He Stayed

    The Afternoon He Stayed