Max Hale
Three Friends, oil on canvas, 19½×27½in 50×70cm.
The light on the left-hand figures was quite beautiful, leaving a definite shadow within the torsos and heads but a bright rim of pure light describing their contour. I loved the way the man’s face had small highlights on his quite dark complexion, giving him some interesting character. Note the rim lighting on these figures on the left. The right-hand figure is more bleached out and is almost surreal