Elliot Love
Two Trucks // Clinton
Oil on Canvas
280 x 435 mm
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Painting size 255 x 410mm | Framed size 280 x 435mm
A rare moment of dual presence. Elliot Love explains how he came upon this scene just as sideways rain began to fall, capturing the angled streaks as they traced the building’s surface. It’s uncommon for him to feature two vehicles in a single composition; this is just the third time, after 2019 and 2021, but when the scene aligns, he embraces it. The subtle tension between the cars, the rain, and the urban backdrop exemplifies Love’s dedicated attention to light, form, and the fleeting narratives hidden in suburban streetscapes.
Artist Bio
Elliot Love is a contemporary painter living in Auckland, New Zealand.
Nostalgia is inherent in these acutely observed depictions of Love’s obsessive interest in cars of the 1980’s and 90’s, all set within a city’s still and lifeless streets. Working in both oil and acrylic on canvas, often on an unusually small scale, Love’s beautifully rendered compositions present delightful mysteries and provoke inspection, with an invitation to linger within his finely detailed architectural landscapes.
Equal attention is given to light; the humming glow of a street lamp, a glint reflecting off the boot of the car, or shadows brought by dusk. With no people present, the paintings evoke a sense we are here in secret observation of stillness and subject, a car belonging to someone else’s life: Are we alone? Who does this car belong to and where are they now?