New Artists

2017 Falmouth graduate Joanna Owst: “I create work about states of consciousness within a landscape; the paintings aim to reflect a unique state of being that touches upon psychological and phenomenological concepts. My inspiration derives from Merleau-Ponty’s ideas about ‘being-in-the-world’ and how one can respond to a place. Colour, composition and process are three of […]

Framed within a border reminiscent of a Polaroid camera, Olivia Durley’s paintings are each embedded with connotations of the transient nature of time. The border becomes a device inducing the same implications as photography – that of capturing the fleeting: a moment past. The quick, fleshy, paint rushes over the canvas contained only by the […]

Sophie’s recent work has been greatly influenced by her move to Devon and a new-found love of the Dartmoor. She often sketches on the north moors and in Skaigh woods, taking in the mood of the sky, rolling hills and streams or concentrating on the intricate twisted branches and roots of the bracken. Her next […]

The use of archaic Christian iconography in the shadow of our present day’s existentialist questions is one of the central elements of my work. The religious, historical and cultural references not only act as a frame in my drawings and paintings, but also as a tool to ‘measure’ the different times, events to connect and […]

My practice articulates a post-apocalyptic worldview, that combines humanities fading presence with elements from nature to question how long man will live in respect to deep time and to comment on the culpability of our actions against the environment for humans now and humans to come.. View Jessica’s page here

Mackay’s paintings depict domestic interior spaces, usually seen from a low viewpoint as if we are seeing the room as small children. The compositions are usually simple, with careful attention to detail, such as the pattern on a piece of lace or the effect of light on a tiled floor. Despite their mundane subject matter […]

“From entangled concoctions, rise beings from another world. They swim in a joyful accumulation of form and colour. My pieces reconcile the man-made plastic paraphernalia with their organic counterparts, a world where jellyfish has morphed with plastic jewellery, where composted peppers grow neon pink wool yarns and where flower petals grow out of shower puffs. […]

“I am a modern artist working with the old technique of figurative painting. The play between concealing and showing is inherent in the painting technique. Through my choice of subject and motifs I try to highlight this. In my watercolours I play with stress, composition and space. By using the motives and the technique I […]

Concrete jungles and dystopian, urban themes evocative of a J.B. Ballard novel are explored in the work of Steve Burden. Towering, brutalist buildings, manifested in large scale dimensions capture the crux of the urban landscape while figurative manifestations signal social themes. The artist shares personal experience alongside a study of the fundamental social issues connected […]

Resisting categorization, themes of duality and illusion intertwine in the sculptural picture plane of Zoë Hoare’s work. Using cut paper to make sculptural assemblages, Hoare frames the pieces with a veil-like plastic screen. The screen defuses the sculpture beneath and forces it to become two-dimensional. The restrictive palette and seemingly unassuming craftsmanship instead emphases the […]