Max Leuchars

Based in the countryside in Hampshire, United Kingdom, painter Max Leuchars, age 22, creates works full of movement and texture, characterising multiple genre subjects from the split-second depiction a dog whilst running, to more social scenes of street parties and landscapes.

If you are interested in Max Leuchar’s work, please visit Max’s website, instagram or email inquiries to max.leuchars98@googlemail.com .

About

After leaving Bryanston School in 2016 and deciding not to pursue the university transition, Max dedicated himself fully to his artistic work. Citing Alberto Giacometti as one of his primary inspirations, both stylistically and technically, Max’s focal point in his work is movement, whether this is through figures or landscapes. He applies thick oils with a palette knife and carves indentations and lines into the material to produce this overwhelming sense of motion and life that floods his canvas. Alternatively, he also uses loosely applied emulsions, watercolors, and charcoals in his works, each giving a slightly softer or harsher finish but equally rendering the piece full of energy. Max’s style is reminiscent of a modern, more abstract, impressionist cross cubist painter combined with the movement and shape of Giacometti.

Italian Abstract Landscape, Oil and emulsions, 91.44x121.92 cm — *Italian Abstract Landscape*, Oil and emulsions, 91.44x121.92 cm

Max’s most recent works focus on cityscapes and the interaction between humans, often featureless created with quite a minimal definition to just give touch of the sense of a figure. His ‘Qena, Egypt’ painting depicts a never-ending trestle table lining a street, while multiple figures, some seated and some standing, share food across the table. The oil has been applied in thick layers, using muted tones of greens, beiges, browns, and oranges. All these earthy colors evoke a sense of the North African city life and the atmosphere created in the painting by the density of figures and scratched paint, bringing a sense of noise to the work as if the viewer can hear the bustle of the street scene. Currently, Max is working on scenes from an Indian market, using similar techniques to create the same effect of a lively and hectic scene of leisure.

Qena, Egypt, 2019, oil on canvas, 91.4cm x 121.9 cm — *Qena, Egypt*, 2019, oil on canvas, 91.4cm x 121.9 cm

Max’s artworks have been shown at multiple high-profile London art fairs, including the Decorative fair, Olympia Art and Antiques fair, LAPADA, as well as the Bruton Art Fair and ‘A Way To Break Through’ show, which was held on a digital platform.