Between A Rock And A Hard Place. Acrylic Painting On Paper
A lone man, dressed in a sharp pinstripe suit, crouches low.
His posture, part anxious creeping and part defensive crouch, conveys both the instinct to escape and the fear of attempting to do so.
Psychological danger
Set against a stark yellow background, the scene is stripped of distraction, and the emptiness amplifies his vulnerability.
The tension is defined by the threat above him: the rock is not falling but suspended, making the danger psychological rather than physical, a symbol of being trapped by circumstance.
*Artist Doug Kemp with ‘Rock and a Hard Place’ acrylic on paper
Decision or inaction
In Rock and a Hard Place, Doug captures the dilemma between decision and inaction, where both carry risk and the inevitable seems to hover just overhead.
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
- Size (Dimensions):65cm x 60cm
