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

Anthony Carey

Moonlight Mischief

The Strangers plays with scale, distance, and the uneasy familiarity of shared space. A lone figure stands beneath a bright full moon, facing a magpie that feels both ordinary and slightly improbable. Framed by leaning buildings and a faint city skyline, the painting holds that strange urban feeling of being surrounded by life and still somehow standing alone within it.

I was interested in the magpie here as a kind of outsider presence. In some cities they feel like strangers themselves, watchful and self-possessed, moving through human spaces without ever quite belonging to them. That tension gave the painting its shape — a meeting, or perhaps just a passing recognition, between two figures occupying the same place but remaining unknowable to one another.

The Strangers

King Of The World (Hey Ma, you'll never guess where I am) is a painting about distance, arrival, and that brief, unforgettable moment when life suddenly opens out. A lone figure stands high above a faint city skyline on a raised block, facing an enormous moon and a small drifting cloud. The composition is simple, but it carries that feeling of being suspended between excitement and vulnerability.

I wanted this painting to hold something personal. It grew from the memory of my son going to New York as a young man to live and work. His first phone call home was from the roof of a skyscraper, shouting down the line, “Hey Ma, you'll never guess where I am.”

King of the world (hey ma youll never guess where I am)

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collection: Under the Magpie Moon

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Moonlight Mischief

The Strangers

King of the world (hey ma youll never guess where I am)