Crispin Akerman

Crispin Akerman


Many of the works have as their central focus the flowers and leaves of plant species native to the South West of Western Australia. Other objects in the paintings are historical, sculptural, or organic in form, and are arranged over underlying geometries, with the space between as important as the objects depicted. The work is realistic not photographic. The unresolved sections add drama to the work, and heighten the focus of the paintings - the arrangement of objects and the elements of local history and the natural environment.

Crispin Akerman, May 2013