In his vivid, dissonant paintings, Roy Aurinko translates the impulses and flows of the body – some chaotic, some subdued. In unspooling orchestrations of colour and gesture, forms evoke various engagements with speed, precision, and care. Some marks are fluid, others scratched, dripped, or scumbled. In places, meandering lines and labyrinthian patterns are seemingly carved or pressed into passages of impasto, creating another dimension of marks in relief. Aurinko works with an admixture of acrylic, oil, pastel, and cement, generating a tangible expression of materiality. Each canvas bears a sense of natural processes, suggesting the mutability and fluctuation of our environment, as well as sublime moments of order and organization.
ROY AURINKO: Pushed gently down the stairs by a muse
Forthcoming exhibition
