This artwork is a compelling combination of delicate intimacy and passion. Watt showcases his skills as a painter in this work's composition and modelling. His masterful manipulation of mark-making and brush strokes creates visuals that simultaneously draw us in and broaden our minds.
Watt plays on our innate sense of humanity and connection in this piece. Feathered by tactile lashes, the figure's inky eyes lock on ours. A subtle yet profound glint heightens her allure. She rests her chin on her hands as if contemplating the viewer – perhaps Watt plants a suggestion of blurred lines between spectator and model here.
Eye contact is one of the most critical vehicles for human interaction, and Watt uses this to his advantage. We are invited into the model's saturated utopia in a welcome assault on the senses, surrounded by explosions of colour.
