Shaped work is used to set up a visual expectation in the mind, which is then negated creating paradoxes,
illusions, playing games with perception to produce an unexpected image.

NIGHT WEIR 87 x 41 cms 2001-02 WHITE WATER WIER 74 x 41 cms 1998-2000 GREEN WATER WIER 84 x 41 cms 1998-2000

CONTRADICTIONS 40 x 86 cms 2001-2

INTERIOR LIGHT 40 x 86 cms 1998-9

SPORTIF

This is concerned with the movement of balls, tennis billiards, cricket, football, squash, in a variety of differing spaces.
The subject matter is not the sport itself but rather the movement ; swerve bounce etc.
Anthony Whishaw uses dots and other circular shapes in many paintings as a visual structure to move the viewers eye through the work.

SPORTIF I - 40 x110 cms 2002-3

SPORTIF III 40 x 48 cms 2002-3

SPORTIF IV 68 x 68 cms 2002-3

SHAPED INTERIOR 39 x 59 cms 2002 - PRIVATE COLLECTION

FOUR POSITIONS 40 x 71 cms 2002 - PRIVATE COLLECTION