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WHAT ARE DAYS FOR

New Paintings Exhibition
97-99 Gallery

Roland Hicks paints mundane and small objects, items of no intrinsic value that people possess, such as lighters and keys. At a distance the images conform the conventions of photo realism but as one approaches the pristine surfaces begin to disintegrate, rather like a digital enlargement, as the paint begins to assert itself as the dominant theme of the painting.

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Private Collection

WHAT ARE DAYS FOR by Roland HICKS
oil on canvas, 92cm x 92cm, 1998