Linda Simmonds |
My paintings begin life with a certain amount of repetitive mark making using fluid acrylic paint on canvas or board and continue in an intuitive way through various actions including layering, obliteration and paint viscosity. A finished work may form part of a concentrated series or find itself singularly isolated with its own unique visual language.
I combine painting with printmaking, in particular, silkscreen, collagraph and monoprint. Occasionally, I explore 3D structures using paper, wax, twine and plaster. I am interested in the decline of memory; the ebbing ability to recall the minutiae of every day life and/or past events. This condition may lead to a disjointed and fragmented state of mind in which order is sought out of chaos and distress. A series of experimental paper scrolls (Secrets & Lies 2019/20) have furthered and informed my original concept and this is reflected in my recent paintings where lines create a loose grid, breaking up the canvas with blocks of colour forming a 'page'. Pages may remain empty or 'written on' in an abstract form. Exhibitions Forthcoming: Festival of Print, Arts Pavilion, London 26/11-05/12 2021 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Gallery, Deal 01/12/21 – 29/01/22 Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Cafe Gallery, London 2021 Painter Stainers online exhibition, London 2020/2021 2020 Splash, Espacio Gallery, London 2020 Contemporary Painting, Brick Lane Gallery, London 2020 Spaces in Between, Hackney Picturehouse, London 2019 Reflections, Morvah Schoolhouse, Cornwall, 2019 Summer Salon, Isllington Arts Factory, London 2019 Festival of Print, Arts Pavilion, London 2019 Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Cafe Gallery, London 2019 Open Studios, SPACE Ilford, London 2019 Open Studios, SPACE Dace Road, London 2018 Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Cafe Gallery, London 2018 By Our Own Hand, Matts Gallery, London 2018 Two artist exhibition, AGIP, London 2017 Summer Salon, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery, London 2017 Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Cafe Gallery, London 2016 Open Studios, Hackney Wicked Festival, London 2016 Festival of Print, Arts Pavilion, London 2016 Spaces in Between, (two artist), Morvah Schoolhouse, Cornwall 2015 Festival of Print, Embassy Tea Gallery, London 2015 Open Studios, Hackney Wicked Festival, London 2015 Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Cafe Gallery , London 2015 Share & Exchange, ZAP, London 2014 |
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