After the sweeter, more romantic images of the last days, some abstract work seem to be called for. Tony seemed to have to go through the different way of expressing what he wanted to say in his different moods. He did abstractions in watercolor, in mixed media on paper and in oil. Sometimes he would still hint at the representation like in the Race Horse shown further down. The vague suggestion of ears and eyes seems to suffice. In the abstract Indian painting he uses the iconography of the petroglyph, mainly water symbols. The grayish background cold suggest rock and this painting could be read as an abstract landscape. Tony Mafia was rather pleased with how this canvas turned out.
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In RACEHORSE there's a hint of a hoof and a tail and a tiny pool of pee-pee, but the main impression is that the horse is running so fast you can't see it, so it becomes an abstraction.
Tony nailed it, as usual.
The Chloride Critic
ik lees en herlees verorber. ik lees en geniet.
sublieme site, lieve annmarie.
je teksten zijn liefelijk en warm.
wij houden ook van tony!
heb al enige favoriete foto's geselecteerd.
kleur is wel een van de belangrijkste kenmerken van tony's schilderijen.
warme, wilde en indringende kleuren, ik word helemaal ondergedompeld in het gekleurde vocht...
mij lievelingsschilderijen zijn duidelijk de doeken die verwijzen naar 'theater'(in zijn bredere betekenis) en 'dans' - zoals joe's harlekijn, buffoon, out of step, travelling circus etc... toch is mijn ultieme favoriet racing horse, in zijn reeks native american/indian painting. omdat dit doek me ruimte aan interpretatie geeft, het is een rustiger schilderij, ondanks het onderwerp. of hoe de extreme race uiteindelijk uitmondt in rust.
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