Tai Shan Schierenberg Large Park Sketch, 2021

Tai Shan Schierenberg's paintings are characterised by heavy swathes of oil paint, laid on in broad sweeping gestures, or dragged and scraped across the canvas. The artist pushes the limits of his painterly surface - exposing large areas of under-painting, and manipulating the space between the foreground and background planes with delicate drips and splashes. Bright flashes of non-naturalistic orange and pinks, which are revealed from behind the deep, brooding blues and greens of foliage, can be seen to imbue the work with an inner, psychic intensity.