Ashton Wastney
‘Fig. 54’, 2024
Oil on Linen
Height 61 cm x Width 56 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with certificate of authenticity
‘Fig. 54’ captures emotion through un-scripted, expressive strokes. Displaying a gaze of regret, this work has a moody yet gentle palette and raw texture. Oil on linen, ready to hang.
Artist Bio: Ashton Wastney is an abstract figurative artist from Nelson, New Zealand who began studying design in Wellington and Since 2018 has been residing and basing his painting practice in Melbourne, Australia.
His works use anatomy as the base for abstraction and he approaches each work without pre meditation or a final intention. Ashton uses art to communicate methods of understanding the subconscious. Then, forming bases of anatomical and physiological aspects, he instinctively reveals moments of chance and emotion, embodying a distortion of mental clarity and consciousness.