The Visitor, 2024, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 cm.

The Visitor, Alyson J Barton, 2024, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 cm.

This painting references the human condition, spirituality, conscience, and the need to believe in that which is 'other'. The oil painting technique is indirect – starting with a grisaille underpainting, before building layers of increasing detail in fine transparent glazes.