Lot 46

Scott Treleaven’s paintings seem on the verge of materializing or vanishing, like a new message being received or an old one effaced by an explosion of colour. While the palette conjures fauvist comparisons, it is as likely to stem from a Beat or psychedelic impulse. Writer Derek McCormack captured the spirit of Treleaven’s florals when he described them as witnessing a Joe Brainard painting ravishing a Charles Burchfield.