Oil on canvas
165 x 105cm
(2025)
Whack is a reaction to Beard’s hard-edged abstractions, post-monoline. the gestures and consideration of space are the same, but Beard wanted to create a painting which used scale differently. This work invites the viewer to come in close, observe the small details, and have a clear sense of scale in relation to them, in the physical world. Text is used subtly in this piece, as a textural element rather than compositional.