DRAINS, WALLS.

I paint in a subtractive way and flood the gaps with whatever annoying thing persists in previous work that I’ve erased or destroyed. At the same time I was thinking of connections between Wittgenstein’s rejection of a fountain, Simone Weil’s of food, and Murphy’s theatrics with his gas heater. Murphy, the narcissist par excellence. Or at least I imagine them like I think there’s some kind of monism I’m bringing out in my work. By rearranging approaches I hope to not totally close off painting to continuity in space time people etc.

Rebecca Porter, ‘H L.’, 2023, oil and acrylic on canvas
Rebecca Porter, ‘Arthur?’, 2023, charcoal and pastel on paper, 420 x 594mm
Rebecca Porter, ‘Wagnerite cough’, 2023, oil on canvas
Rebecca Porter, ‘Deck’, 2023, pencil on paper
Rebecca Porter, ‘Diana and Callisto’, 2023, charcoal and pastel on paper, 420 x 594mm
Rebecca Porter, ‘Tree no.1’, 2023, charcoal on A2 paper
Rebecca Porter, in studio, 2023.

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Rebecca Porter