Grand Riviere 2001-02, Peter Doig (b. 1959 Scotland)
Grand Riviere is Doig's first painting of Trinidad, where he was raised and has now returned after living in Canada and the UK. References to Canadian landscape painting can be found within the lush tropical landscape here and remain influential for the artist. Painting from memory, photographs and old postcards, Doig transformes his source imagery to evoke a mood or experience - a sense of "being there". ( This was one of my favourite contemporary paintings in the gallery's collection. I enjoyed seeing it being displayed again. )
Grand Riviere 2001-02, Peter Doig (b. 1959 Scotland)
Grand Riviere is Doig's first painting of Trinidad, where he was raised and has now returned after living in Canada and the UK. References to Canadian landscape painting can be found within the lush tropical landscape here and remain influential for the artist. Painting from memory, photographs and old postcards, Doig transformes his source imagery to evoke a mood or experience - a sense of "being there". ( This was one of my favourite contemporary paintings in the gallery's collection. I enjoyed seeing it being displayed again. )