Description
Dorothea Sharp's Chasing Colours is a joyful celebration of childhood, movement and light, painted with the freshness and spontaneity for which she is so admired. Set against a sunlit coastal landscape, two children are captured mid-play as brightly coloured balloons lift into the sky, their buoyancy mirrored in the animated brushwork and lively palette. The composition is carefully balanced, with the soft chalky cliffs and open sky providing a calm backdrop to the animated gestures of the children. Loose, expressive strokes describe billowing clothing and wind-touched grasses. Sharp's ability to suggest form without rigidity gives the painting its distinctive sense of freedom, echoing the innocence and imagination of childhood itself.
