Two Crosses 20.01.00

Coach paint on canvas
Titled and dated ‘TWO CROSSES 20.01.00’ (lower edge); titled and dated ‘TWO CROSSES 20.01.00’ (on the reverse)

Bob Law’s works are intense and demanding. They have a physical presence and an intensity that is entirely out of proportion to their actual scale, insistently demanding (and receiving) the viewer’s fullest attention. Coming across individual paintings, sculptures and drawings bu the artist in group exhibitions of private collections is always a startling experience. Each work is really a distillation of all those that went before. Law actually came closer to realizing his inner vision that he was ever, in his self-doubt and modesty sometimes, willing to grant hi...