This is my final full Monopoly board. I've done boards based on home cities, travel, Rock N Roll, movies and more, and I've finished up with one based on the grim events of 2020.
The surface is thick and textured, built up of many layers of paint, with a gloss varnish. Paint is spattered and dripped across the board, creating a contest of clean design and painterly chaos, an approach I've been using in many of my paintings for the past few years.
The standard properties (Mayfair, Park Lane, etc) have been replaced by the terrible events of 2020, a year that will live in our collective memory as a time when it all went to hell. Is this a painting for you? That probably depends on your sense of humour - it's better to laugh than to cry - or your outlook on the world. Many artists throughout the years have captured the darker side of life - Goya's 'Disasters of War' series springs to mind, as does Picasso's 'Guernica'. One of the screaming figures from Guernica takes centre place in this painting, replacing the standard Monopoly Man.
These paintings have been included in several solo and group shows at respected galleries (such as Michael Reid at Murrurundi, KAB Gallery Terrigal and the Bluethumb Sydney pop up show at M2 Gallery) and have been very successful.
The sides of the canvas are painted black, and the painting has a gloss varnish. It is ready to hang without needing to be framed.
A big, bold statement piece waiting for an owner.