Harry Rothel (b. 1995, Australia) is a multi-disciplinary artist who works across painting and sculpture. His work portrays an imaginative narrative and is mapping ideas of the human psyche. However, it can often be confrontational in exploring social conventions, politics, and the world he lives in. Macabre and extravagant themes run throughout his work accompanied by soft and stripped-down colours that create disquieting images. His use of overlapping themes of joy and horror, with the application of subtle and acerbic layers of stripped back paint construct somewhat eerie pictures that he hopes challenge the conventions of today. His recent exhibitions include: Paralysing disproportions, Oigall Projects, Melbourne, Australia (2022), Terra Incognita, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (2021), Toybox Nightmare, Jungles Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, (2019).
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Harry Rothel, Trepidatious hand, after Caravaggio, 2023, oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm
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Harry Rothel, Figures from a paralysing dream, 2023, oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm
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Harry Rothel, Trepidatious hand, after Caravaggio , 2023, oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm
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Harry Rothel, Return through the archway, 2023, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
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Harry Rothel, Faces appear in the trees up here, 2022, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Harry Rothel, Circus valley, 2022, oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm
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Harry Rothel, Bashful theatre return, 2023, oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm
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Harry Rothel, Portrait of boy with hat, 2023, oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm
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Harry Rothel,Fractured jugglers in yellow, 2023, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
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Harry Rothel, Lantern theatrics after Maxfield Parrish, 2023, oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
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Harry Rothel, Looking over the dreamscape, 2023, oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm