Statement
Work
used to start with an idea, a drawing or a photo.
The
process of making my own paints ( pigments and binder, etc)also has
inspired my imagination and brought up images.
More
often now it emerges from a bodymind experience/state, in "the flesh".
It is encouraged by mouvement, breathing deeply, making sounds and
walking exercises before starting work.
Then I follow my impulses,spontaneous gestures initiating colours,
shapes, marks and lines waiting to happen.
This
process is hard, physically demanding and relying on trusting the
moment. It does not always blossom to fruition.
Inspiring
artists:
Wilhemina
Barnes-Graham, Lee Krassner, Louise Bourgeois, Vanessa Bell, Miro,
Peter Lanyon, John Hoyland and Trevor Bell amongst others.
Exhibitions
Swarthmore Centre, Leeds, Photography: 'Flowers of the
Spirit', Oct 2001
Gallery One, Todmorden Arts Group, Todmorden, August
2007
Todmorden Open Exhibition, Town Hall, 3rd-5th
November 2007
Arts Mill Gallery, Hebden Bridge, Winter Art
Fair, 22nd November 2007-13th
January 2008
Ntama Studio Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Todmorden, 23rd
November 2007- 3rd January 2008
Northlight Art Studios, joint exhibition with
Johanne Deagan and Michael Horne, Hebden Bridge, December 2007
Arts Festival Shop, 'Emergence', joint exhibition with
Chris Czainski, Hebden
Bridge,
11th-20th April 2008
Arts Festival Shop, 59 Steps Studio Autumn Exhibition,
Hebden Bridge, 11th-12th October 2008
Northlight Art Studios, Back Door
Gallery, 'In Your Dreams', joint
Christmas exhibition, Hebden Bridge, 6th-7th
December 2008
Arts Mill Gallery, Spring Art Fair, Hebden Bridge, 13th may-21st June
Art
Festival Shop, 'Green Art',a joint exhibition exploring
themes
stemming from environmental concerns, Hebden Bridge,
23rd-25th
May 2009
Organic House Cafe, 'Organic Creations', pastels and prints, Hebden
Bridge, 2nd-29th may 2009
Northlight Art Studios, Back Door gallery, joint exhibition '20-20',
Hebden Bridge, 3rd-5th July 2009
The Bear Cafe, 'Organic creations', prints and pastels, Todmorden, 27th
November till 24th december 2009
Northlight Art Studios, Back Door gallery, 'Small is
Beautiful', Hebden Bridge, 5th-6th december 2009
Arts Mill Gallery, Winter Art Market, Hebden Bridge, 5th-19th december
2009
Waterside Arts centre, 'Waterside Open 2010', Sale, Greater Manchester,
29th january-1stMay 2010
Arts Mill Gallery, 'Green Art Open', Hebden Bridge, 19th May-13 June
2010
Arts festival Gallery, "Water and Stone", joint exhibition with Rowena
Beaty, Hebden Bridge, 2nd-3rd April 2011
Back Door, Northlight Studios, "Hebden, A Place in Mind", joint
exhibition, Hebden Bridge, 1st-3rd July 2011
Halifax Art G allery, "Calderdale First Open Art Exhibition", joint
exhibition, Halifax, 24th September- 30th October 2011
Brooklyn Studios: "Autumn Salon", joint exhibition, Hebden
Bridge, 1st-2nd October 2011
Water Street Gallery, "Small", Todmorden, joint exhibition, Todmorden,
4th November 2011-8th January 2012
Northlight Open Studios & Art Cafe, joint exhibition,
Hebden Bridge, 3rd&4th December 2011
Northlight Open Studios, Hebden Bridge, July 2012
The Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, October 2012-March 2013
Christmas Open, St Ives Society of Arts, December 2013
Winter Exhibition, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, December 4th 2013
- January 10th 2014
The Art of Small Things, Redwing Gallery, Penzance, December 2013
Open
Studios Cornwall, 28 May-5 June 2016
Permanent
show, Bohemia Gallery, Penzance, Nov 2016-Sept 2017
Open Studios Cornwall, 27 May-4 June 2017
Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Small Paintings,
5 August-2 September 2017
POP Group Exhibition, Dower House, Lostwithiel,
28th September-12th October 2017
Pots,
Prints, Textile, Paintings, mixed group exhibition. Redwing Gallery.
Penzance, 13th-27th April 2018
Out
of Time, The Dower House, Lostwithiel, 19th-26th May 2018
Call of the Wild, mixed exhibition, Redwing Gallery, Penzance,1st-14th
Nov 2018
In
our Element, with Mary Taylor and Jenny Beavan, Penwith gallery, St
Ives, May 17th-June 15th 2019
Jazz
paintings, The Old Chapel Gallery, Netheredge, Sheffield, 8th-14th
April 2024. Watch
video
Pots, Prints,
Paintings and Other Things, with Jude Eldridge and Hilary Marsh, Hallam
Pop-Up shop, Howard Street, Sheffield S10, 18th -29th June 2024
Undercurrents group show at Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield S6, 13th July-17th Auigust 2024
Squares, group exhibition at Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield S4, 21st August-7th September 2024
Abstract, group exhibition qt Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield S4, 18th September-5th October 2024
Dwellings, group exhibition at Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield S4, 23rd October-2nd November 2024
Links
Chris
Czainski, artist
Penwith
Society of Arts
John Webb,
Potter
Sue
Davis, abstract painter
Redwing
Gallery, Penzance
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