Wayne Markwort

Local Contemporary Art Prize 2025 – Finalist

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Wayne Markwort | Cotton Tree Still Life | 2025 | spray paint on aluminium board | 152 x 137cm

In Cotton Tree Still Life I've taken inspiration from the view from our flat’s balcony in Cotton Tree. The symbolic elements in the still life have connotations or narratives for me but perhaps will evoke personal ones in the viewer.

Spray paint on half of a table-tennis table, the colours and simple strokes create a strong and, in places, a discordant vibration.

German Expressionism, outsider and naïve art, street art and medieval art are all influences in my work.