HENRIETTA STUART | STUDIO 152

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Ponds have recently become my focus. The sheer abundance of life has ignited an enthusiasm for mark making and greater experiment. I find myself using collage, painting up pieces of Japanese rice paper in a myriad of colours and adding them into my work as abstract shapes or more recognisable butterflies or fish. Having worked in oils throughout most of my painting life I am now working with a lot of mixed media including collage and acrylic paint. I often include gold /silver or copper leaf in my work weaving it in and out of the layers of paint, using it to give another layer to the surface.

I have gone from the vast vista of sky sea and air to the much more intimate world of plants and pools. It is wonderful to immerse myself in this tangle of life with its patterns and complexity. For years I have been fascinated by the lager landscape never focussing on the close up but always thinking about what makes the whole. Now I feel a need to look closer.