painting

‘EMPRESS’ BY JACKY HUTSON ‘To other women the choice of clothes was a form of ingenious exhibition, a shameless seduction. To me, dresses were like a breastplate that I put on to set off to war against this life.’ SHAN SA

‘CLIMBERS SERIES NO.5’ BY EMILY HILLIER ‘The moun­tain seems no more a soul­less thing, But rather as a shape of ancient fear, In dark­ness and the winds of Chaos born Amid the lord­less heav­ens’ thun­der­ing– A Pres­ence crouched, enor­mous and aus­tere, Before whose feet the mighty waters mourn.’ GEORGE STERLING

‘DOG HOUSE’ BY JANE HANFORD ‘Dogs can never speak the language of humans, and humans can never speak the language of dogs. But many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that . . . Then there are the snufflings and […]

‘TIGER LILI’ BY CLEMENCE GASTAN ‘Bringing up the rear, the place of greatest danger, comes Tiger Lily, proudly erect, a princess in her own right. She is the most beautiful of dusky Dianas and the belles of Piccaninnies, coquettish, cold and amorous by turns; there is not a brave who would not have the wayward […]

‘LEI IN PALLORE CERCÒ L’ARIA SEGRETA’ (‘SHE IN PALENESS SOUGHT THE SECRET AIR’) BY FABIANO GAGLIANO ‘The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks, All but the youngest. She in paleness sought the secret air, To fade away like morning beauty from her mortal day. Down by the river of Adona her soft […]

“In art, I value freedom above all – my own and that of the recipient. I avoid over intellectualisation, I don’t pierce my art with a gibberish relay of socially or politically correct information. I also leave viewer with the freedom of interpretation. I don’t try to be literal, I leave most things unanswered often by choosing […]

“I work with bright luminescent colour, painting forms that cross between recognisable and reminiscent.  With empty void backgrounds I reference deep sea and space photography, while free form improvised structures create the basis of many paintings contrasting with portraits inspired by nineteenth-century daguerreotypes and autochromes.”  Coral Churchill    

“With each image I create I strive to embed a sense of tranquility and serenity as well as monolithic stillness and presence, which I hope can be strongly be felt. As well as being conceptually layered, much of my work is also physically layered and explores the inherent qualities of the materials I use. I […]

“Precious moments, perpetuated by painting the light surrounding us and beaming through or within us. Water is especially suitable to make this play of light visible.” – Brigitte Yoshiko Pruchnow See into the world of

Artwork in-situ by Birgitte Lykke Madsen: