After a long period of time, feeling lost, and without my comfort blanket of art school i plucked up the courage to enter the @twitrartexhibit for Foster pride charity in New York city. What an amazing experience it gave me, […]
I have been trying to paint spiritual paintings for the twenty-first century. In the Bible it says ‘God is love’ (1 John 4:16) so painting love is another way of painting God. I chose what I thought was a trendy, […]
Gillian L-B, Brain in Flow, 2016 Artist Statement: My abstract paintings comprise millions of tiny particles (e.g. pigment, water) which run together in waves to form images which like photographs, develop to reveal something about the fluctuating frequencies active in […]
Gillian LB, Time Capsule, 2015, Ink and paint on acetate When talking about an abstract painting it is far easier for viewers to ask, and for painters to answer “how” questions than it is for either of them to discuss […]
It seems to me that the great painters of religion of the past can never be equalled, so awe-inspiring were their works. And it also seems to me that these paintings were for all time, but are not the only […]
This painting is very surreal and haunting, when painting this I was troubled and had a deep feeling of despair about my journey as an artist at this moment in time. It is very rare for me to feel this […]
Drawing, then drawing over other people’s work at the Kingston Art Group (KAG) Gallery, Kingston Upon Hull
Solo show at Salt & Pegram, just off Brick lane. Here are some pictures from the opening night. It’s on for a few weeks – so check it out if you’re in the area.
Adding the ‘grisaille’ layer to my latest drawing with graphite and burnishing tools.
Here are a few pictures from the studio, with a newly finished triptych. Not named it yet. The title would have to incorporate stages of dissolution. Rebirth cycle or something like that. Point of fact all the images are painted […]
Last Friday’s preview was a mix of great company alongside a compelling display of ‘New Generation Landscape Art’ allowing viewers to explore the complexities of interpreting landscape and the world we live in. My new solo show ‘A Question of […]
As the technologies grow within our culture the more they appear within our social participations. The use of lighting effects in entertainment arenas is commonplace and goes perhaps unnoticed as to the amount used to heighten the effects of the […]
In the studio searching for connections in abstract imagery… As I investigate the contemporary approach to drawing, I am searching for connections in the abstract imagery created through my drawing processes. In order to ‘make sense’/find significance in these marks on […]
Going on a walk – extending my practice.
Searching for ambiguity beyond content. Marks and erosions suggest sensibilities between reality and the enigmatic.
