Art is the Solution

Night Bathers Source:  Michael Werner Gallery I recently read an interesting article on Medium about an artist named Peter Doig . To be honest, I had never heard of Doig, but I enjoyed his work, so I want to talk a bit about it today. Doig was born in Scotland, but now lives in Trinidad in the Caribbean, a locale that informs much of his work today. Night Bathers , like many of his paintings, is informed by his time in the Caribbean. The piece depicts a woman in a yellow bikini languishing on a white beach. Moonlight streams down on her, casting a strange, blue glow across her skin. The woman casts a seductive glance at the viewer. Why someone would need to sunbathe at night is not explained, but the colors of the night create an interesting and appealing piece of art. While Doig’s paintings are lovely to look at and contain a strong element of visual pleasure, there are more complex elements at work here. Doig’s work focuses on observed reality as he experiences it, which ne...