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Iain Faulkner: A Man Alone...

Past exhibition
20 November 2024 - 11 January 2025
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Iain Faulkner, A Man Alone...

Pontone Gallery is proud to present a new suite of works by Scottish figurative painter, Iain Faulkner. These images feature his trademark, solitary, male figure set in dramatic and picturesque landscape - in this case Alpine Italy, specifically Lake Como and Lago di Braies.

On the shore, looking out over the water, stands Faulkner’s protagonist, typically alone, brooding on a picturesque and sublime vista. In their staging such compositions make overt reference to romantic landscape painter, Casper David Friedrich’s iconic 1818 masterpiece ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’. Faulkner’s contemporary iteration of an existential hero in contemplation of nature is implicit and points to a similarly romantic desire to re-establish this archetypal character and locate him in the present day.

 

Faulkner’s technique is an accomplished and painstaking masterclass in pictorial representation where attention is equally given to all aspects of the scene. There are no areas that are vague, all that is seen is dealt with and fully articulated. This clarity of view is achieved by his rigorous control and analytical application of tonal and colour values. This, in turn, is allied to a formal and exacting draughtsmanship that defines an exhaustive structural framework that forms the bare bones of each carefully thought-out arrangement. The artist’s desire to make the real and the tangible drives his vision so that we are in no doubt about the nature of the picture he is painting and his intentions in doing so.

 

The man in the paintings is, of course, the artist. These are self-portraits, but somewhat humble and self-effacing, as we do not see his face. Always dressed in the same clothes – a snow-white shirt, black trousers and braces, stout shoes – Faulkner comes across as an ‘everyman’, certainly not ‘bohemian’ as many would depict themselves. We join him in his view of the world, he asks us to stand with him and look over his shoulder to see what he sees and to share his wonder.

 

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Works
  • The Cuillins, Elgol Evening, 2024 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 91.5 cm 36 x 36 in
    The Cuillins, Elgol Evening, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    91.5 x 91.5 cm
    36 x 36 in
  • The Cuillins, Elgol Morning, 2024 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 91.5 cm 36 x 36 in
    The Cuillins, Elgol Morning, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    91.5 x 91.5 cm
    36 x 36 in
  • Loch Lomond, Dusk, 2024 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 91.5 cm 36 x 36 in
    Loch Lomond, Dusk, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    91.5 x 91.5 cm
    36 x 36 in
  • Loch Etive, First Light, 2024 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 50.8 cm 20 x 20 in
    Loch Etive, First Light, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    50.8 x 50.8 cm
    20 x 20 in
  • Loch Etive Morning, 2024 Oil on canvas 121.9 x 121.9 cm 48 x 48 in
    Loch Etive Morning, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    121.9 x 121.9 cm
    48 x 48 in
  • Lago di Braies Evening, 2024 Oil on canvas 101.6 x 101.6 cm 40 x 40 in
    Lago di Braies Evening, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    101.6 x 101.6 cm
    40 x 40 in
  • Loch Leven, 2024 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 91.5 cm 36 x 36 in
    Loch Leven, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    91.5 x 91.5 cm
    36 x 36 in
  • Museo Barca Lariana, Lake Como, 2024 Oil on canvas 100 cm x 120 cm 39.4 x 47.3 in
    Museo Barca Lariana, Lake Como, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    100 cm x 120 cm
    39.4 x 47.3 in
  • Lake Como, Museo sunrise, 2024 Oil on canvas 91.5 x 91.5 cm 36 x 36 in
    Lake Como, Museo sunrise, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    91.5 x 91.5 cm
    36 x 36 in
  • Loch Etive, Last Light, 2024 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 50.8 cm 20 x 20 in
    Loch Etive, Last Light, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    50.8 x 50.8 cm
    20 x 20 in
  • Lago di Braies Morning, 2024 Oil on canvas 101.6 x 101.6 cm 40 x 40 in
    Lago di Braies Morning, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    101.6 x 101.6 cm
    40 x 40 in
  • Loch Lomond Evening, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Loch Lomond Evening, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Lake Como, Museo III, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Lake Como, Museo III, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Lake Como, Museo II, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Lake Como, Museo II, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Lake Como, Museo, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Lake Como, Museo, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Loch Lomond Evening II, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Loch Lomond Evening II, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Elgol II, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Elgol II, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Elgol, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Elgol, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Morar, 2024 Oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    Morar, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
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