The Level Waste, The Rounding Gray. She Only Said, “My life is dreary"
Date2021
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 120 × 100 × 3cm
AcquisitionCommissioned by Aberdeen Art Gallery using the prize money from the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 award.
Copyright© the artist
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095666
About MeJoshua Macpherson is a painter and illustrator working out of Fraserburgh. Perception, memory, and shared narratives are common themes of his work. Having worked in a local fish factory for several years, Joshua’s art possesses a sympathetic understanding of the workers of the North Sea fishing industry, many of whom have been offering their labour to this community while isolated from their homes and families. Inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting Mariana, which addresses the Victorian idea of female confinement, Joshua’s painting focuses on a sense of isolation and loneliness, through which he aims to expose the underlying realities of life. Loneliness is also one of the feelings millions of us experienced during the coronavirus pandemic.
