Kelly Norman
www.artistkellynorman.co.uk
@artistkellynorman
Statement:
My paintings are investigating daily walks and daily journeys locale to where I live . Planned routes, routines in the landscape. The actual movement around the fields and hills is what transcends in these works.
Moving paint around the canvas through lines, mark making textures and sounds of the grasses and the trees.
Becoming more simplified and abstract, the hills become spheres, cones , trofes and peaks. The fields become the lines and tracks. Walking patterns unchanged but the landscapes are forever changing. My current work continues to explore the topographical landscape but are more abstracted. They are not conventional representations of land, mountains, cliffs or the sea they are landscape informed semi abstract pieces.These works are simultaneously representational and abstract, static and dynamic. They communicate tactile qualities embedded in the landscape exploring mark making and texture. I find during this research and production new areas of interest arise and lead to the next body of work. I am currently exploring the land locale to where I live. I walk and bike most days these experiences of moving around the land are present in my new paintings creating a transient journey through the marks and lines and freedom of movement. The weather and climate also impacts the freedom of the work.
www.artistkellynorman.co.uk
@artistkellynorman
Statement:
My paintings are investigating daily walks and daily journeys locale to where I live . Planned routes, routines in the landscape. The actual movement around the fields and hills is what transcends in these works.
Moving paint around the canvas through lines, mark making textures and sounds of the grasses and the trees.
Becoming more simplified and abstract, the hills become spheres, cones , trofes and peaks. The fields become the lines and tracks. Walking patterns unchanged but the landscapes are forever changing. My current work continues to explore the topographical landscape but are more abstracted. They are not conventional representations of land, mountains, cliffs or the sea they are landscape informed semi abstract pieces.These works are simultaneously representational and abstract, static and dynamic. They communicate tactile qualities embedded in the landscape exploring mark making and texture. I find during this research and production new areas of interest arise and lead to the next body of work. I am currently exploring the land locale to where I live. I walk and bike most days these experiences of moving around the land are present in my new paintings creating a transient journey through the marks and lines and freedom of movement. The weather and climate also impacts the freedom of the work.
Screaming landscape 2
70 x 90cm
Oil on canvas
2022
70 x 90cm
Oil on canvas
2022