An Exquisite Remove

This is my favourite painting in John Meyer's latest series, entitled: 'Truths Revealed'. The couple seem to be locked in a moment of tragic separation. Gripping her arms, the man is trying to get her attention but her body language reveals a woman in dispair. To my imagination, their love is terminal, through no choice of their own and we see them in their moment of parting. It is tragic and my heart aches as I become lost in their world.

Inspired by film, John Meyer depicts narrative scenes, in which all his characters are caught in a moment in time, leaving the truth of the scenes open-ended for the viewer to explore.

Incorporating crushed glass in his oils, Meyer creates the brilliant illumination seen in all his paintings.