Alastair Gordon
Alastair Gordon’s work grows from delight in the challenges of painting and its ability to lift us beyond the detritus of daily life. Known for his distinctive trompe l’oeil approach, he transforms everyday paper fragments—postcards, notes, taped photographs—into luminous, illusionistic still-life compositions that hover between realism and abstraction. Drawing on Northern European traditions of Quodlibet while addressing contemporary ideas of fakery, illusion and the stories embedded in ordinary objects, Gordon creates paintings that invite a moment of recognition, surprise and reflection, revealing how humble materials can carry memory, beauty and the larger questions of modern life.
