Dots on Doig

Although patently artificial, these paintings never become tricksy. Skilfullness is never an issue where detail reveals the process of time, carefulness and hesitation…Although patently artificial, these paintings never become tricksy. Skilfullness is never an issue where detail reveals the process of time, carefulness and hesitation. (This is something that I strongly admire, as I have always approached painting with a certain presumption of mastery and a collapse of effects. Doig’s painting could be seen as the polar opposite to my own work, where uncertainty is created by overkill.)