Passerby

STEVE SALO

Passerby (2015)

Metropolis Gallery, Geelong Australia

Steve Salo’s emotive, urban portraits distil feelings of fleeting moments when people pass him in the street. Over the past year these impressions have become the basis of his powerful Passerby series of paintings. This is Steve’s second solo show at Metropolis Gallery after his near sell-out show Portraits of Artists in 2014, which attracted local, national and international interest.

With this series of paintings, Steve has again used a limited palette, but also explored colour and layering. While Portraits of Artists was painted in thick impasto using palette knife and fingers, for Passerby Steve added brushes and used lighter applications of paint in many works. A selection of works follow below.

Passerby Rutland Street

Steve Salo, Passerby Rutland Street

Steve Salo, ‘Passerby Rutland Street’, oil on aluminium, 37 x 31 cm. SOLD

Passerby Union Street

Steve Salo, Passerby Union Street

Steve Salo, ‘Passerby Union Street’, oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm. SOLD
Finalist 2015 Cliftons Art Prize

Passerby Brougham Street

Steve Salo, Passerby Brougham Street

Steve Salo, ‘Passerby Brougham Street’, oil on aluminium, 37 x 31 cm. SOLD

Waiting

Steve Salo, Waiting

Steve Salo, ‘Waiting’, oil on board, 41.5 x 35.5 cm. SOLD

There She Stood

Steve Salo, There She Stood

Steve Salo, ‘There She Stood’, oil on board, 41.5 x 35.5 cm. Artist’s Collection
Published in Vine Leaves Literary Journal July 2015 and The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2015