Saxon Duke


Saxon's work is inspired by his years spent specialising in the field of 'f*ck around and find out'.
Expert understanding of 'strength in fragility' is found here he says, 'I couldn't believe my luck, the paintings find you pretty quick once you arrive, yu dont even have to pay to get in!'.






Saxon Duke is a contemporary artist based in Sydney, Australia. Born in 1983, his work sits between the language of graffiti and the conventions of painting. He builds complex, rhythmic, and often primal patterns in vivid colour, with references to past experience held just below the surface.
The paintings are heavily worked. Layers are applied quickly, then adjusted over long periods. Pop-cultural fragments appear and recede. Accidents are left in. Duke is less interested in a predetermined outcome than in remaining inside the process. The finished works are intended to operate independently of any fixed reading.
Interpret them however you like.



















