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Artist Statement:
I have spent my entire life
moving, from country to
country, (Africa, Cyprus,
Malta), and within the UK.
My work is primarily concerned
with colours and how they
relate across the oicture
surface, how they create mood
and an imaginary world. My
themes always have their roots
in something I've seen, or
dreamed about, and anything
that strikes an emotinal
chord. Visual experiences
often suggest potential
'colour notes' in my mind,
which I can follow in any
direction the emerging
painting might require. My
work falls into 3 main
categories:
1. LANDSCAPES.
I paint watercolours in situ
to explore the landscape's
elements, searching for the
essential components that, for
me, recreate a sense of place
and underlying forces.
Sometimes I work directly from
the memory of a journey, or a
quick drawing, or purely from
random marks and colours.
2. WOMEN IN THE TURKISH
BATHS.
When I lived in Nicosia I went
regularly to the old Turkish
Baths and drew and painted
women in the changing room and
in the heated chambers, using
snippets of conversation to
inform the gestures and poses
of the figures in my
paintings. The Baths convey a
constant state of flux, from
the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Solo Show, The White
Wall, Tunbridge Wells Library
Gallery
2001 South East Open
Studios, Tunbridge Wells, Home
Studio
2000 South East Open
Studios, Tunbridge Wells, Home
Studio
1996 ‘Women in The Baths,’
Trinity Gallery, Tunbridge
Wells, Kent
1995 ‘Landscapes and
Townscapes,’ Tunbridge Wells
Museum and Art
Gallery, ...
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Fiona Stanbury Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Writing, Gardening, Photography, Travelling, Reading, studying art and artist. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Unfair to say, because I like so many!
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The world and people around me. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I have always painted since I was 3 and lived in Nigeria, Africa. It was there that visual experiences made a long lasting impact, and from that time I have never ceased to have an ongoing wonder about the world around me. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
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