Olivia Pilling
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Original - "Waiting for a bus in the rain - Olivia Pilling - Acyrlic on board framed - 14x 18 inches - £795 - Click to buy |
Olivia PillingThe bright colours and tones are the first thing that hits you with Olivia’s paintings. They convey a sense of excitement, playfulness and immediacy. BackgroundAfter studying her Art foundation course at Blackburn College, Olivia went on to do a BA Hons Fine Art degree at Nottingham Trent University. During this time she exhibited her work in the Midlands, London and the North West. Olivia sells work both nationally and internationally and is quickly gaining a reputation as a growing talent in the North West. InspirationOlivia’s work has been likened to that of the German Expressionists and the Fauvist period. Like the Fauvist painters, Olivia isn’t afraid to use colour to transform a simple subject into something stimulating and vibrant. The works of Derain, Vlaminck, Roualt, Nolde, Matisse, andl British painters such as Bomberg and Sickert are strong influences. Russian folk art is a big inspiration to the artist due to the use of black and how it is used to encapsulate and harness the vividness of colour. To canvasRather than starting with a sketch of the subject, Olivia’s paintings evolve from lines and dots mapping out a rough composition of the image. Once the rough image is mapped out, immediacy is the key to Olivia’s painting. The image is subsequently drawn with the paint itself, building up a series of layers. If the image is over worked, it is started again. The process is raw, organic. Working in acrylics, the paint dries quite quickly so allows for other layers to be added. |