Indiscreet

Description

Clifford Bailey paints the mood of the 1920s. Musicians in sharp suits, half-lit street corners, a cinematic shadow that make the scenes feel remembered, not staged. There is music in them even when no one is playing.

He works in oil, keeping his compositions spare and his lighting dramatic, so that a single figure or a quiet corner can carry the whole picture, with warm tones and deep shadows at the same time.