Acrylic, plaster and silicone on canvas
100 x 100 cm (39.5 x 39.5in)

Anthony Carey

The Ancestors

The Last Fisherman holds a quiet sense of distance and uncertainty. A lone figure stands beneath a pale white sun or moon, set against an open blue sky and a wide, softened ground. The painting feels still at first, but there is tension in that stillness, the sense of someone leaving, waiting, or standing at the edge of something unresolved.

I wanted the space to feel sparse but emotionally loaded. The figure can be read in different ways: as someone shaped by solitude, by work, or by the pull of departure. While making it, I kept returning to ideas of migration, disappearing traditions, and the way certain ways of life fade so gradually that their loss is only felt afterwards.

The hessian along the left side became an important part of the painting. Its frayed, weathered surface brings a raw physicality to the work and quietly suggests erosion, labour, and the worn textures of coastal life. This is a painting about absence, place, and the lingering presence of what remains.

The Last Fisherman

This captivating painting features a solitary figure seated against a rich, deep red background. The powerful contrast of color and form draws you in, evoking a sense of contemplation, strength, and emotion. Whether it speaks to feelings of resilience, passion, or personal reflection, this piece is sure to leave a lasting impact and become a meaningful addition to your collection.

Acrylic and plaster on canvas
50 x 70cm (20 x 27.5in)

Waiting

Acrylic and plaster on canvas
60 x 60cm (24 x 24in)

Part Of Ourselves

Acrylic and plaster on canvas
70cm x 50cm (27.5.x 20in)

Silent Soliloquies

Red Embrace in Yellow Hues of Reflection
Original Painting | Mixed Media on Canvas

Red Embrace in Yellow Hues of Reflection holds a solitary figure within a warm yellow field, standing near a dense red threshold at the edge of the painting. The space feels open, but not easy. The yellow carries warmth and light, while the red brings weight, pressure, and the sense of something waiting just beyond reach.

I was interested in that edge between what is familiar and what feels harder to face. The figure does not move dramatically, but its position within the painting suggests pause, hesitation, and inward reckoning. The scattered earth-like forms across the lower ground add to that feeling, as though the space is carrying traces of memory, ritual, or what has already passed through it.

Red embrace in yellow hues of reflection

Acrylic on canvas
60cm x 80cm (24 x 31.5in)

Comes framed in a custom black float frame. 
Framed size 75 x 94cm (30 x 37in)

 Awarded in Abstract Category at the Chiancianno Biennale in 2022

Xavier's Lost Soul

Guardians and Dreamers

Acrylic and  plaster on canvas
80cm x 60cm / (31.5.x 24in)

Orange Embrace

Lost in Translation is a painting about distance, stillness, and the feeling of being slightly out of step with the world around you. A single figure stands in a dark, rain-soaked space, turned inward beneath a heavy surface of deep blue, black, and muted red. The atmosphere is quiet, but not empty. It holds that sense of something felt deeply but not easily spoken.
I did not begin with a fixed idea for this one. The figure emerged slowly and stayed with me, as though the painting was working its way towards a feeling before it found its form. I wanted the darkness of the surface to carry most of the weight, with only small flashes of colour within the figure itself suggesting something held back, or still trying to come through.

Lost in Translation

Acrylic and  plaster on canvas
100 x 100cm / (39.5 x 39.5in)

hope copy

At The Treshold Of Adventure

Cathleen's Gaze

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