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Selected with 9 other Artists for the Theo Paphitis 2024 Prize!
An everyday scene is shown here, but we are floating above and viewing it from the perspective of the angels. The patterns and narratives of such everyday scenes become intriguing and fascinating by being viewed from this altered perspective. New patterns emerge in the ordinary as spatial dimensions are compressed and flattened. This piece frees the viewer from the constraints of conventional perception and allows us to challenge our sense of what is important or normal or beautiful in the spaces we occupy. But the painting is not only about patterns and aesthetics. The recumbent and feline figures are central. As Gaston Bachelard wrote, ‘Inhabited space transcends geometric space’. With the inclusion of these figures, the painting provides us with multiple viewpoints. The cat is looking at us, seemingly breaching the fourth wall. The sleepy woman is looking at the book in which another figure herself floats lost in thought. Meanwhile our eyes jump from one aspect to another, godlike in our all encompassing view, yet unable still to resist getting lost in the patterns emerging from the map of the terrain below.
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80 by 70cm
Selected by the Royal Institute of Oil Painters 2023 for their annual exhibition 29th November to 16th December :-)
Everyday scenes can become fascinating by changing our perspective. When seen from the perspective of the angels, new patterns emerge in the ordinary as spatial dimensions are compressed and flattened. These pieces venture beyond the constraints of conventional perception and seek to challenge our normal sense of the spaces we occupy. The stars below become the stars above. As Gaston Bachelard says, ‘Inhabited space transcends geometric space’. In this case, the figure reading next to the box of tissues gives the scene meaning, and a sense of comfort nestled among the folds of the duvet, as well as bringing everything down to a human scale.
Drawing on Moorish iconography from Seville, the painting reflects on the remnants of Islamic influence in Iberia, which breathed its last sighs in the 15th century. To fully appreciate the geometry of Arab design sometimes requires us to change our perspective. Here I employ an aerial perspective to compress and flatten the spatial dimensions, allowing the image to merge the human and natural patterns with the architectural ones. The reflective figure is both an object in the space but also the subject that gives the piece its meaning. As Gaston Bachelard said, ‘Inhabited space transcends geometric space’, or I could add in this case, ‘enhances geometric space’.
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When seen from the perspective of the angels, new patterns emerge in the everyday as spatial dimensions are compressed and flattened. This piece ventures beyond the constraints of conventional perception and seeks to challenge our normal sense of the spaces we occupy. Two girls mirror each other on the sofa and like cartographers we see the lie of their landscape through the contour lines on the sofa, and through the repeating symbols beyond the edge of the sofa. They curl up and their postures mirror each other becoming yet another repeating pattern within the frame.
70 by 90cm
Selected for Wells Art Contemporary Exhibition 3-31st August 2024
Winner of 3 week Nicky Ginsberg Art Creative Residency in Provence
The ordinary can become fascinating by simply changing the perspective. I employ aerial perspectives to craft patterns seen from above that can compress, distort, and flatten the spatial dimensions. These pieces venture beyond the constraints of conventional perception and seek to challenge our normal sense of space. The figure that sits reading is both an object in the space but also the subject that gives it meaning. As Gaston Bachelard says, ‘Inhabited space transcends geometric space’.
90 by 80cm
Selected for the Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 25-29th June 2024
A bird’s eye view of a folded patchwork landscape filled with an intense saturation of colour and patterns. I populated the painting with a mix of Persian tiles, Indian bedspread, Chinese cushions, and a Nordic jumper which fill the canvas with patterns and deep gorgeous colours. It feels like these will come alive and re-emerge in the sleeper’s dreams. I also enjoyed the extra narrative of the doll on the bed, of ‘The Woman Who Swallowed a Fly,’ which with its patterned dress added a fairy tale feel to this piece.
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Oil on Linen
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50 by 40cm
Exhibiting at Wells Art Contemporary; 4 August to 2nd September. Selected out of over 3k entries with 135 artworks to exhibit at Wells Cathedral.
Longlisted out of 11,225 entries for Jacksons Painting Prize 2023!
Sometimes the ordinary becomes fascinating by simply changing our perspective. Here, in a piece inspired by medieval paintings and fauvism, an aerial perspective creates patterns and compresses and flattens the space. The piece eschews the usual perspective and doesn't adhere to the usual sense of space and time, for example with the cereal boxes on the floor being the same size as those on the island. Colours and patterns create a dynamic push-and-pull between the objects, the floorboards pushing forward with the granite surface pushing back. A limited palette and use of "pure" colour maintains the sense of dynamism.
Exhibited at the Mall Galleries, June 2023, with Society of Women Artists
Sometimes the ordinary becomes fascinating by simply changing our perspective. Here, an aerial perspective creates exiting patterns and compresses and flattens the space. The use of diagonals in the composition creates a dynamism in the painting and helps to lead our eye around the image. The painting title and the butterflies references the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi who fell asleep one day and dreamed that he was a butterfly. When he awoke, he did not know whether he was a man who had dreamed he was a butterfly or whether he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man.
Chosen to be exhibited at the Bath Society Artists annual exhibition at the Victoria art gallery 22nd April-24th June 2023.
Sometimes the ordinary becomes fascinating by simply changing our perspective. Here, an aerial perspective creates exiting patterns and compresses and flattens the space. There is a dynamic play with the oil paint application in the painting ranging from the thick palette knife application representing the chocolate spread to the thin transparent layers used for the floorboards. The use of diagonals in the composition also creates a dynamism in the painting; the diagonal of the pattern in the granite, the diagonal placement of the various objects and the diagonals in the girls top.
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Pre-selected for the NEAC annual exhibition 2023
Human connections. Tribal connections. Physical connections. Virtual connections. Mental connections. Connections through gazes. Connections through playing games. Connections through conversations. This piece explores all of these connections and more on a train that itself connects places separated on the earth. The space in the painting is shallow and the painting reinforces this flatness to create a unified image.