THE BEING AND THE PERSON

2020

Oil on distorted canvas frame

1460mm (H) x 1100mm (W)

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Artist Statement

This painting created in 2020 and exhibited in my solo exhibition "If You Close Your Eyes" is an exploration of the portrait, the inner portrait that can't be seen but what makes us who we are. The idea that we are one constant being but continuously evolving person. The masked sitting figure for me is the Being and the one that perceives reality through the VR mask is the person in that moment. Though this painting, like all of them, can be interpreted however you please.

About the Artist

Logan Moffat

Since graduating from Elam with BFA Honours in 2018, I have continued to paint, exhibiting in a number of solo and group exhibitions. In 2018 I received the New Zealand Adam Portraiture Award for my painting "Elam". I've continued to explore the portrait since. Expressing primarily in oil paint, my focus on capturing the portrait has evolved over the years. My earlier portraits were direct observations of subjects that I captured in detailed, realistic portraits. My focus now is on capturing the audience's portrait through encouraging introspection and a moment of pause - though amalgamating the elements of figures, environment, size and structure of the painting and canvas.