The Crossing Oil

The Crossing is a horizontally stretched oil painting that depicts a charged moment of movement and transition across a striped pedestrian crossing. Three female figures—two adults walking closely together and a third adult pulling a child—move diagonally through the picture plane, their bodies elongated and slightly distorted, as if caught mid-gesture or mid-thought.
Painted in an expressive, deliberately raw style, the figures are rendered with flattened features, strong outlines, and bold, contrasting colors. Reds and greens dominate the palette, set against a pale yellow ground animated by scribbled marks and gestural scrawls. The repeated black-and-white bands of the crosswalk act as both a visual anchor and a rhythmic device, pulling the eye across the length of the canvas while reinforcing the sense of motion.
The surface is active and layered, with visible brushwork, scratched lines, and areas of rough handling that heighten the emotional immediacy of the scene. The relationships between the figures—paired versus solitary, adult versus child—suggest themes of guidance, protection, vulnerability, and passage. Rather than depicting a literal street scene, The Crossing functions as a psychological and symbolic space, where everyday movement becomes a metaphor for change, connection, and uncertainty.
Blending figurative narrative with neo-expressionist intensity, the work resists polish in favour of urgency and presence, inviting viewers to project their own stories into the moment it captures.

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Canvas has been lovingly recycled!