Hunting and fishing
2023
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
135.3 × 107.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Bruce Parncutt AO and Celebration Donors, 2024
© Prudence Flint
Gallery location
Gallery 12
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Without specific narratives but full of psychological richness, Prudence Flint’s paintings of women escape easy interpretation. Seemingly lost in thought, the figures are surrounded by everyday objects that serve as metaphors for the inner world. Flint produces around six paintings a year, through a process that involves intense periods of what the artist describes as ‘active waiting’ to make even-handed decisions.
‘I plan a work, in as much as I have a clear idea of the figure’s stance and relation to the imagined space of the room or outdoor scene. The shapes and combinations of the colours will read like coded narrative that will set up an atmosphere.’ – Prudence Flint
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
stamped in ink u.l.: PRUDENCE FLINT
inscribed in black chalk on reverse u.l.: Hunting and Fishing / 2023
Accession Number
2024.20
Department
Contemporary Art