Lincoln Townley

Lincoln Townley’s figurative portraits loom out of abyssal backdrops and emerge directly into our own space. The heavily layered paintings are built-up, scraped and swiped with an aggressive and expressive vigour. Sotheby’s Director Emma Baker gives her view as, “Townley combines the horror and distortion of Bacon with the thick and sculptural paint application synonymous with Frank Auerbach’s best portraits of the 1950s.” His paintings reflect his fearlessness as an artist and the ferocious energy with which he paints.