Artist statement
I work within an expanded painting practice, influenced by land and seascapes, maps and urban living. I play with ambiguity, misdirection, juxtaposition of marks, emblems, textures, colours and perspectives. Through a series of layers the compositions emerge both abstract and representational.
Extended Bio
Maddy is a painter working from her home studio in the Northeast of Scotland.
Her painting practice is both 2D and expanded painting, however she does not limit herself to one focus and enjoys the freedom to explore other mediums and techniques such as printmaking, photography, sculpture, sewing, and so recognises herself as a maker.
Visual influences include the land, the sky, the sea, maps and urban living and stories within stories.
Her paintings explore a feeling of place or time, an experience whether physical or emotional. The push and pull of the ordinary days and the extra ordinary days. The miniscule moments overlooked that layer up within our subconscious creating a landscape of unknown knowns. She endeavors to tap into the forgotten or unknown stories held within us.
She enjoys using ambiguity and misdirection through a series of layering, the use of juxtaposing marks, textures, perspectives, the compositions emerge both abstract and representational, they are a collaboration of memory and imagination, a fine line between something and nothing.
Within her expanded painting practice, she creates small sculptural works, often but not exclusively from remnants of a previous work such as masking tapes. These works require a collaboration between the passing of time and productivity. Collecting, preserving, reordering physical remnants brings about a slower pace, which speaks of mindfulness and reflection.
