1984 #3

2017, Acrylic on canvas, 120cm x 40cm

George Orwell - 1984 #3

This simpler (and far quicker) rendition of 1984 is a non-impasto version of #1. It can easily be scanned by eye from left to right to give a sense of teh unfolding of the text and Winston Smith's journey through awakening, rebellion, love in the spring bluebells, the symbolic song Oranges and Lemons through to the black and white imposition and capitulation to Big Brother and Totalitarianism.