"Chasing the Light"
Stella Downer Fine Art, 1-26 August 2017
Random Street Tokyo, oil on board, 20x20cm, 2017 - AVAILABLE
ASHLEY FROST paints at the turning point of each day – capturing the sublime transition of early morning or late evening light. His coastal vistas and urban streetscapes, painted en plein air, are ephemeral observations of the natural world.
In Chasing the Light, FROST shares his vision of the play of light across various natural and urban landscapes as he has travelled across the world. As an avid globetrotter he has painted from Tokyo and Hong Kong to Soho and upstate New York, right down to Antarctica, and also locally in Sydney and along the South Coast of New South Wales. Fluid in form and composition, FROST’s paintings engage with otherworldly evocations of light. Often building up thick, viscous layers of paint with a vibrant spectrum of colour that convey the cyclical pulse of the physical world – from the motion of the bustling streets and the long shadow cast by urban high rise, to changing coastal tides between day and night.
In Chasing the Light, FROST shares his vision of the play of light across various natural and urban landscapes as he has travelled across the world. As an avid globetrotter he has painted from Tokyo and Hong Kong to Soho and upstate New York, right down to Antarctica, and also locally in Sydney and along the South Coast of New South Wales. Fluid in form and composition, FROST’s paintings engage with otherworldly evocations of light. Often building up thick, viscous layers of paint with a vibrant spectrum of colour that convey the cyclical pulse of the physical world – from the motion of the bustling streets and the long shadow cast by urban high rise, to changing coastal tides between day and night.
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'SoHo Old and New' oil on linen, 31x31cm, 2017 AVAILABLE
'Wan Chai Study' oil on board, 17x17cm, 2017 -AVAILABLE