A contemporary and modern abstract painting on canvas by Artist Roderick Coles, titled "The Centaur Sulks". The surface of the work has been worked and built up for months, as it is visually very complex and rooted in layering that only time can create, the painting has had many, many lives and false starts. And then the magic, and narrative arrived, The Centauromachy of ancient Athens, 300-400 B.C. . Here within the confines of the canvas, the centaur has run out of mischief and mayhem to create. The world is quiet and he sullenly sulks. The palette is swirling and muddled, yet warm. The work on canvas has an inviting and mysterious visual appeal that will keep you looking...... More about me and my collection of work at roderickcoles.com