Artists

Struan Teague

Press release

Struan Teague (*1991, in Edinburgh) draws inspiration from his promenades: Many of his signs refer to observations – small branches, moving leaves in the wind or telephone cables. They are memories of things seen, but they are never depicted directly. Sometimes fleetingly, sometimes almost rhythmically, traces in oil, acrylic or pencil are found on the picture support; sometimes it is also the dust of the studio floor or the found fold of the canvas that plays a special role on the picture surface. Countless layers of very thin paint create a finely nuanced pictorial ground that opens up a depth of space in which the bold signs float.