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 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
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
Arts Festival Gallery, "Water and Stone", joint exhibition with Rowena
Beaty, Hebden Bridge, 2nd-3rd April 2011
Christmas Open, St Ives Society of Arts, December 2013
Winter Exhibition, Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, December 4th 2013
- January 10th 2014
Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Small Paintings,
5 August-2 September 2017
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
"Undercurrents" group show at Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield S6, 13th July-17th August 2024
"Squares" group exhibition at Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield S4, 21st August-7th September 2024
"Abstract" group exhibition at Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield S4, 18th September-5th October 2024
"Dwellings" group exhibition at Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield S4, 23rd October-2nd November 2024
"Home" Christmas group show at Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield S6,, December 2025
"Meet the Locals" Fronteer Gallery group show, January 2026
Links
Chris
Czainski, artist
Penwith
Society of Arts
John Webb,
Potter
Sue
Davis, abstract painter
Redwing
Gallery, Penzance
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