Bidspirit auction | Geoff Fowler, The Crocodile Wrestler,

Geoff Fowler, The Crocodile Wrestler, 2015 - This contemporary surrealist painting on canvas, titled The Crocodile Wrestler, is the work of artist Geoff Fowler. The composition features a central figure of a businessman dressed in a dark blue suit and a black bowler hat, engaged in a struggle with a large, ochre-colored crocodile. The figure holds a blue smartphone in his gloved hand, juxtaposing modern technology with a primal scene. The background is a dense field of vibrant green blades of grass, populated by wetland fauna including two white egrets, a small green frog, and a slender brown snake. A brown leather briefcase is situated in the upper portion of the grass. The work is rendered with smooth, precise brushwork and a saturated color palette. A signature and date are painted in green on a blade of grass in the lower left corner, reading GEOFF FOWLER 15. The painting is housed in a wide, black stepped frame with a silver-toned inner filet. The reverse of the frame features two white adhesive labels. The first label is printed with QUALITY APPROVED BY WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART PUBLISHING and includes handwritten text reading THE CROCODILE WRESTLER and an Originals Reference of GFO-ORI-POR-06183. The second label, also from WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART PUBLISHING, contains a handwritten moulding reference 941 033 086 and a quality check signature.