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about
The paintings are made with acrylic paint on canvas stretched on a wooden frame, they can be hung without an outer frame.
I like the mystery of art, how images arrive through the process of painting and repainting. Animals usually appear and I think they link to the unconscious or collective consciousness.
I am open to letting the ideas flow through me. Works that are sold are held in private collections in America, New Zealand, Europe and the UK.
During 2022 I started making sculptural pieces using fabric and beads these are featured in the art dolls and textile galleries. I find working with the texture of fabrics and lustre of
beads creates a balance between the solidity of ceramic forms and also links to the paintings.
I find ideas can cross over between the different types of media.
2023 has been an exciting year it is the first year that I have focused entirely on making art. I have made more textile pieces than I expected and I have been fortunate to find customers for my work,
I can't thank them enough.
Due of the increase in electricity prices I have made less ceramic pieces in 2023. This has made me focus on what works for me in the ceramic process and I will continue to make small
batches of work this year.
Painting has a powerful energy for me and sometimes I feel it takes so much physically and mentally starting with a blank canvas and working with line, colour and form until an image arrives.
I have painted animals for many years but the human figure has been calling me for sometime. I think the art dolls are one way I can bring the human form into my work. In away I am unable to say where painting will take me this year and that is the quest.
Many thanks to my customers your support is really appreciated.
Thankyou for your interest.
Please contact me at contact@colleenshaw.co.uk if you are interested in my work.
"Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers?
I like that; they wanted to safeguard their freedom."
Henri Matisse.
Matisse on Art. Phaidon.
I like the mystery of art, how images arrive through the process of painting and repainting. Animals usually appear and I think they link to the unconscious or collective consciousness.
I am open to letting the ideas flow through me. Works that are sold are held in private collections in America, New Zealand, Europe and the UK.
During 2022 I started making sculptural pieces using fabric and beads these are featured in the art dolls and textile galleries. I find working with the texture of fabrics and lustre of
beads creates a balance between the solidity of ceramic forms and also links to the paintings.
I find ideas can cross over between the different types of media.
2023 has been an exciting year it is the first year that I have focused entirely on making art. I have made more textile pieces than I expected and I have been fortunate to find customers for my work,
I can't thank them enough.
Due of the increase in electricity prices I have made less ceramic pieces in 2023. This has made me focus on what works for me in the ceramic process and I will continue to make small
batches of work this year.
Painting has a powerful energy for me and sometimes I feel it takes so much physically and mentally starting with a blank canvas and working with line, colour and form until an image arrives.
I have painted animals for many years but the human figure has been calling me for sometime. I think the art dolls are one way I can bring the human form into my work. In away I am unable to say where painting will take me this year and that is the quest.
Many thanks to my customers your support is really appreciated.
Thankyou for your interest.
Please contact me at contact@colleenshaw.co.uk if you are interested in my work.
"Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers?
I like that; they wanted to safeguard their freedom."
Henri Matisse.
Matisse on Art. Phaidon.