At the end of summer , as the shadows lengthen, a group of teenagers plays self-consciously on the beach. They are simultaneously liberated from their maturing bodies and constrained by the scrutiny of their peers.
The artist is portraying the ambivalence associated with adolescence : the time in a child’s life when playing loses its frivolity and becomes something far more tribal and self-conscious.
Promenade, 2018, Oil on Canvas (50cm x 40cm)