Artist: Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920–2014)
Artwork: Yellow Dog
Year: 1963
Medium: Gouache on Paper
Dimensions: 67 × 97 in
Yellow Dog is a vivid and playful work by Alan Davie, bringing together the bold colour, spontaneous mark-making and mysterious symbolic imagery that define his distinctive visual language.
Framed by sweeping bands of yellow, red and blue, the composition is populated by an energetic collection of signs, plant-like forms, abstract objects and loosely figurative motifs. Among them sits the small spotted yellow dog that gives the work its title, introducing a wonderfully playful focal point within the densely imagined scene.
Davie approached painting intuitively, drawing inspiration from music, mythology, ancient symbols and the subconscious. The deliberately loose brushwork, drips and irregular marks are integral to the work, giving the composition an immediate and uninhibited quality.
Colourful, enigmatic and full of character, Yellow Dog is a distinctive example of Davie’s ability to create an entirely personal world of imagery through colour, gesture and symbol.
Price: POA
Please contact the gallery for further information, condition details or to arrange a viewing.
Artist: Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920–2014)
Artwork: Yellow Dog
Year: 1963
Medium: Gouache on Paper
Dimensions: 67 × 97 in
Yellow Dog is a vivid and playful work by Alan Davie, bringing together the bold colour, spontaneous mark-making and mysterious symbolic imagery that define his distinctive visual language.
Framed by sweeping bands of yellow, red and blue, the composition is populated by an energetic collection of signs, plant-like forms, abstract objects and loosely figurative motifs. Among them sits the small spotted yellow dog that gives the work its title, introducing a wonderfully playful focal point within the densely imagined scene.
Davie approached painting intuitively, drawing inspiration from music, mythology, ancient symbols and the subconscious. The deliberately loose brushwork, drips and irregular marks are integral to the work, giving the composition an immediate and uninhibited quality.
Colourful, enigmatic and full of character, Yellow Dog is a distinctive example of Davie’s ability to create an entirely personal world of imagery through colour, gesture and symbol.
Price: POA
Please contact the gallery for further information, condition details or to arrange a viewing.
