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Paul Wright : As We Are

Current and Forthcoming exhibition
10 - 26 September 2025 London
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Paul Wright, A Man of Reason
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Paul Wright, A Man of Reason

Paul Wright British, b. 1973

A Man of Reason
Oil on linen
28 x 28 "
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Paul Wright, Study 16
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Paul Wright, Study 16

Visualisation

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Literature

There is a stillness in this figure that suggests not withdrawal, but composure, the kind that comes from having lived long enough to understand that not everything demands reaction. His gaze is level, unflinching.

The brushwork is confident but measured, and the palette; earthy, warm, quietly luminous, carries echoes of a spiritual tradition, perhaps evoking an Indian heritage, though it asserts no single identity.He is a man who sees clearly, not with the urgency of youth, but with the patience of perspective.

There's a sense that he knows the darker side of life, has perhaps walked alongside it, but chooses not to dwell. His presence is neither aloof nor didactic. Rather, he seems to offer space for reflection, for calm, for dialogue without defensiveness. This is a portrait of wisdom, not showmanship. Of someone who embodies reason not as cold intellect, but as understanding. He feels worldly, but not world-weary. Grounded, but expansive. He does not force you to agree; he invites you to consider.
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