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Illuminations can be both literal and metaphorical; one can illuminate with light or with knowledge. The latest body of work by the American painter, John Zabawa, developed out of this double meaning, their painted surfaces radiate outwards, their colours shimmering like the edges of the sun.

Compositionally, the works are orderly and defined, staying well within the limits of the canvas - however, their edges fizz, blur and seep, their colours glow and quiver, and the individual components seem to mingle and interact, without ever touching.

Zabawa forgoes the still lives and domestic scenes …