Dark Angel

Dark Angel is a 2011 acrylic on canvas by Walt Viviers — a large, ambitious figurative work that ranks among the most striking of his earlier paintings. The composition depicts a winged figure in a posture of collapse or grief: massive dark wings spread above a bowed form set against a desert landscape of sweeping sienna and warm gold. The wings are rendered in loose, energetic strokes that contrast with the stillness of the figure below, their scale giving the work a monumental quality. Drawing on archetypal imagery of the fallen angel — beauty, exile, the weight of wings that can no longer lift — the painting handles familiar symbolism with directness and restraint. Enquire for acquisition details.