To explain his work, Neville Paine volunteers a musical reference.
“One can take pleasure in listening to Mozart without applying intellect. But, if one is a musician, the intellect comes into play, and the consequent ‘pleasure’ is more profound.”
Hence, Neville Paine’s ‘tableaux’ can be read on several levels; the representation (the arrangement of composition and colour), but when examining the discreet ‘signs/symbols’ which pierce his works, a more complete reading is revealed.
