I have grown up in Lancashire and I am now living in Bath. I have just finished my first year with a 1st class mark, studying Fine Art- Painting at Bath School of Art and Design.
My art evolves around the simple motif, that in order for a piece of art to be truly successful, it must instigate a memorable or strong enough reaction within the viewer. I wish them to leave the work with part of it embedded within them, be it through a memory or whatever reaction it may stimulate.
John Gray illustrates the work of Jenny Saville in the same way I feel about fine art as a whole, ‘The caveats are crucial: the viewer is not a spectator and is not unwilling. Saville’s paintings do not allow a disinterested glance. Once you look, you’re hooked. At the same time they do not force themselves on the viewer. They draw something that is repressed or obscure in the viewer’s experience and bring it to light.’
Lucy.Southworth 