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Peter Tankey
Australia
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Artist highlights
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Solo shows participant
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 16.9x13in
About this artwork
Still life painting of a chrome varnished ceramic cup in the shape of a skull, with smoke emanating from within.
The smoke was used to illustrate the idea of life being 'extinguished' a reference to the impermanence of of our existence as homage to traditional still life concepts ie the memento mori.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated on back
Handmade oak "floating" frame, ready to hang.
The smoke was used to illustrate the idea of life being 'extinguished' a reference to the impermanence of of our existence as homage to traditional still life concepts ie the memento mori.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated on back
Handmade oak "floating" frame, ready to hang.
Peter Tankey
Australia
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Solo shows participant
- Works on commission
« I take a largely unconventional approach to arrangement and to the objects I choose to paint. »
Peter Tankey is an award-winning artist based in Australia whose paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally. Creating in the still-life genre, he describes his representational works as being based on his observations and finding new ways to convey them. In his artistic process, Tankey exclusively employs oils on canvas.
