

Curatorial Narrative “Wet Afternoon” by Ethel Spowers is an exemplary manifestation of the nascent Abstract Expressionist movement in Australia during the early 1930s. The artist’s employment of impasto brushwork imbues the composition with a tactile quality, as if the paint itself has been manipulated to evoke a sense of textural tension within the depicted forms. The predominance of red and green hues generates an intense chromatic structure that oscillates between the spatial rhythms of abstraction and figuration. By avoiding explicit representation, Spowers instead focuses on evoking a particular atmospheric weight, one that is both evocative of the Australian landscape and abstracted to the point of universality.Upon enlargement to 44×51 inches, “Wet Afternoon” assumes a commanding presence within a luxury interior environment. The palette’s rich interplay between red and green becomes even more pronounced, generating an almost
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