Liz Knox

In her latest body of work, Liz Knox explores moments of recollection with exuberance and spontaneity, exploding preconceptions of genre in the process. In the unassumingly titled Figs (oil on linen, 101.6 x 81.3cm) Knox pushes the boundaries between the painting as object and threshold in unexpected ways. The negative space emboldened in pure cadmium red is in concert with lush green and deep ultramarine. It’s a scene partially deconstructed and redefined by a field of colour, pinned by instinctively drawn lines. Knox’s joy in this core ‘density’ of ‘edible’...