Nude & Gold
Nude and gold sculptural relief — diagonal gold sweeps on warm textured ground, refined vertical presence.
NZ$180.00
Three gold relief forms descend diagonally across a tall nude canvas — each one a distinct gesture, tapering to fine points and expanding into textured mass at their centres. The ground is warm and worked, neither flat nor decorative: its surface carries the evidence of layering, giving the pale field its own quiet depth.
This nude and gold textured abstract painting sits within the tonal range of natural materials — limestone, travertine, raw linen — which makes it exceptionally versatile in interior context. The vertical format suits narrow walls, tall spaces, and positions beside doorways or between architectural elements. Three forms where one would be insufficient and four would be excessive. The proportion is exact.
The three forms were not planned as a sequence. The first was placed and assessed; the second responded to it; the third completed what the first two had begun. Each occupies a different register of the canvas — upper, middle, lower — without aligning to a grid. The diagonal orientation is consistent across all three, giving the composition directional energy without rigidity.
Nude as a ground colour was chosen for its relationship to gold under warm light. The two colours share undertones — both sit within the yellow-beige range — which means the gold relief does not contrast sharply against the ground but emerges from it, as if the surface itself had been worked to reveal what was beneath.
The texture of the ground was established before the gold was applied. A smooth ground would have made the gold relief appear applied; a worked ground makes it appear continuous with the surface. The distinction matters. One reads as decoration. The other reads as material — and material is what this work is about.
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