Jon Cattapan’s ‘The Green Band’ vibrates with the layered complexity of contemporary urban life. Dominated by luminous greens and intersecting bands of colour, the painting evokes a city in flux - streams of movement, energy, and human presence subtly encoded across the surface. Fine lines and textured overlays suggest networks of streets, transit routes, and architectural grids, while fleeting marks hint at signals, motion, and the pulse of metropolitan experience.

Created in 2024-2025, ‘The Green Band’ is a remarkably contemporary work, reflecting vividly the artist’s ever-evolving artistic style. Using gestural brush strokes and a contrasting colour palette, Cattapan maps urban systems and observes human activity through abstraction, rhythm, and colour. This work exemplifies the artist’s ongoing engagement with the intersection of space, perception, and social environment, reinforcing themes that have become hallmarks of his practice.

Cattapan, a Melbourne-based artist, has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally since the 1980s, with works held in all major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the National Gallery of Victoria. ‘The Green Band’ is a contemporary and resonant work, brimming with visual intensity and enduring relevance.

Jon CATTAPAN (1956 - )
'The Green Band' 2024 - 2025
acrylic on canvas
Image Size: 61 x 91 cm
Dimensions: 61 x 91 cm
Signed, titled and dated verso: JON CATTAPAN/The Green Band / 2024-25 oil + acrylic on linen
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Condition: very good 
(c) The Artist or Assignee