The Art of Balance – Winner of the New Light Purchase Prize

Acrylic and ink on canvas board
40cm x 40cm

I am a Cheshire based artist, and was a textile artist for many years. My work was becoming more and more abstract and I was frustrated with being limited with colour, unless I dyed my own fabric and threads which was time consuming. I eventually decided to change over to abstract painting in 2019, so that I could mix and use my own colours to my heart’s content! I love to layer and found it more satisfactory with paint.

I am inspired by colour, pattern and texture wherever I find them! My art is inspired by the life I love – of which there has been plenty as I am a retired granny!

I use acrylic paint, glazes and inks. The inks are wonderfully fluid and produce exciting lines as I apply it fast, using a pipette! The glazes allow for wonderful depths and translucent overlays.

In ‘the Art of Balance” I had the intention of showing off the colour orange by using contrasts in texture, translucency,  opacity and complimentary colour.

I used organic shapes, which I love, created with loose white ink lines.  I think they balance so well with the varied blue green amorphous background.