This starkly dramatic painting is of a tablet dissolving in a glass of water. The tablet has the numbers '2020' on it, a quiet reference to the pandemic year. The multitude of subtle reflective colours in the glass, and the repetition of the fizzing tablet in the facets have a haunting beauty. The realistic depiction of the dispersing medication together with the large scale of the glass against the dark black background, make this a striking modern painting, encapsulating the times.
2020 is the year we would probably all want to dissolve fast, with the pharmaceutical companies perhaps being the only winners...
Exhibited at the South West Academy of fine and applied arts online exhibition 'Reflections 2020'
