About
Born in Stockport in 1983, Georgina studied at Loughborough University, graduating in 2005 with a BA Hons Fine Art degree.
Current work - Garden Paintings
Considering gardens as subject matter, I mean to explain the type of gardens I’ve become attracted to, to the extent that I wish to paint them that is.
These are enchanting gardens, spaces with soul, private, man-made, with considered planting, colour, structure and intimate nooks.
The placement of plants, lines cut into hedges, yet always a wildness ready to burst forth. I particularly enjoy the contrast found in formal gardens between relatively restrained elements and the wilder aspects as trained plants come free. I find I'm becoming increasingly drawn to colour and form, shape and movement, sounds, scents, and the feeling of being outdoors as time slips by and the seasons change yet again.
I seek to capture something of a sense of wonder, of the magic I feel in these places. Moreover, I feel particularly strongly a sense of the past, of who’s been there before me in these places which I find incredibly strange and powerful. Landscape and gardens in particular seem to connect me to the past in ways I cannot imagine or feel if I’m indoors. There’s something both awe inspiring and intimate, depending on the location, a sense of walking in another’s footsteps, imagining what they felt and thought as they stood in the same spot.
It's difficult to define these feelings and imaginings, the inevitable thoughts of my own mortality, the unstoppable passage of time and thoughts of what I will leave behind me when I’m gone - hence the expressive nature of the paintings, the often complete departure from their starting point.
Previous work
I paint gently expressive, romantic abstracts, which employ soft veils of saturated colour and flurries of energetic brushwork. The paintings are all inspired by the awesomeness of nature with the sky being particularly key. Its vast size and ever-changing cloud formations usually prove to be my initial starting point, from which I then incorporate other ideas and themes.
I never tire of watching the sky, observing the changes in light and tone or feeling my spirits lift as I leave buildings to be surprised by spectacular colour combinations - especially grey tones - and the smell of the cool fresh air.
My paintings are not intended to provide faithful, photo-realistic works but rather to reflect an emotional and thoughtful response to nature and to capture the essence of these transient sensations through the medium of paint. There is an intentional ambiguity to the work which leaves them open to interpretation and subjective reflection. I am interested in the concept of spontaneous response and expression and hence my use of colour is often instinctive and impulsive – contrasting soft, buttery layers of colour with a harder, gestural element.
Current work - Garden Paintings
Considering gardens as subject matter, I mean to explain the type of gardens I’ve become attracted to, to the extent that I wish to paint them that is.
These are enchanting gardens, spaces with soul, private, man-made, with considered planting, colour, structure and intimate nooks.
The placement of plants, lines cut into hedges, yet always a wildness ready to burst forth. I particularly enjoy the contrast found in formal gardens between relatively restrained elements and the wilder aspects as trained plants come free. I find I'm becoming increasingly drawn to colour and form, shape and movement, sounds, scents, and the feeling of being outdoors as time slips by and the seasons change yet again.
I seek to capture something of a sense of wonder, of the magic I feel in these places. Moreover, I feel particularly strongly a sense of the past, of who’s been there before me in these places which I find incredibly strange and powerful. Landscape and gardens in particular seem to connect me to the past in ways I cannot imagine or feel if I’m indoors. There’s something both awe inspiring and intimate, depending on the location, a sense of walking in another’s footsteps, imagining what they felt and thought as they stood in the same spot.
It's difficult to define these feelings and imaginings, the inevitable thoughts of my own mortality, the unstoppable passage of time and thoughts of what I will leave behind me when I’m gone - hence the expressive nature of the paintings, the often complete departure from their starting point.
Previous work
I paint gently expressive, romantic abstracts, which employ soft veils of saturated colour and flurries of energetic brushwork. The paintings are all inspired by the awesomeness of nature with the sky being particularly key. Its vast size and ever-changing cloud formations usually prove to be my initial starting point, from which I then incorporate other ideas and themes.
I never tire of watching the sky, observing the changes in light and tone or feeling my spirits lift as I leave buildings to be surprised by spectacular colour combinations - especially grey tones - and the smell of the cool fresh air.
My paintings are not intended to provide faithful, photo-realistic works but rather to reflect an emotional and thoughtful response to nature and to capture the essence of these transient sensations through the medium of paint. There is an intentional ambiguity to the work which leaves them open to interpretation and subjective reflection. I am interested in the concept of spontaneous response and expression and hence my use of colour is often instinctive and impulsive – contrasting soft, buttery layers of colour with a harder, gestural element.