Images in contemporary screen culture impinge on the ways we experience painting today. A current wave of abstract painters are reasserting the importance of the direct experience of artworks. The project investigates a pragmatic approach to painting practice that resists the 1980s endgame “death of painting” narrative, positioning the creative work within the context of a return. Questioning the effect of digital encounters in relation to painting, the project establishes fundamental concerns as material, vision, and presence