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Tim McMonagle Bend & stretch

oil on linen

167.5 x 168 cm

After many years of figurative painting, I have recently begun painting gum trees. In Bend & stretch I hope to capture resilience, determination, and frailty in the tree’s brittle aged limbs, lurching forward with the promise of new growth.

- Tim McMonagle, 2015