"Monaco Home Interior Scene"- Marcus Hodge

Panting size: 10 x 13 in.
Frame Size:  16 x 19 in.
Medium: Oil on board.
Signed, top left, "Marcus Hodge"
Inscribed, top left, "La Turbie, Monaco"
 
This expressive scene rendered in bold, juicy brush strokes of impasto oil paint, captures a cozy, warm interior scene, the artist, Marcus Hodge's home in Monaco. The room is bathed in an intimate, low light, with a comfortable-looking, cream-colored sofa on the left, strewn with a colorful throw pillows. Above the sofa hangs a large, painting featuring broad strokes of blue and green that depict a duck on water. This painting within a painting references wildlife art created by the painter's father, Spencer Hodge. To the right, an open doorway reveals a midnight blue, outdoor evening scene with distant, sparkling lights. The interior contains furniture, including a burgundy upholstered arm chair, and a side table with tall, slender candle holders and flickering flames. The scene is rendered with languid, gestural brushstrokes that give the entire composition a lively and textured quality. A potted plant adds a touch of greenery, and the overall impression is one of lived-in comfort and sumptuous sensibility.
 
This painting is handsomely framed and ready to hang in a dark brown frame with ornate molding and linen liner.