The most obvious point of reference is perhaps John Constable, especially as Fergus's
small format oils bear a sometimes uncanny resemblance to Constable's oil sketches.
Not exact matches
Four of these works mark a return to large
format painting — arguably Hanson's most daring and accomplished works to date — while each of the
smaller oils packs the wallop of a big canvas.
Abts, who lives in London, creates
small oils and acrylics which are always in the same 48 by 38 cm
format.
Exponents of New Subjectivity employed every
format of canvas from monumental to
small - scale, and worked in acrylics,
oils, and watercolours, as well as coloured pencils and pastels.