Lot 162 - Barbara Storey - Blue Turban

Oil on paper
2024
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About
I am a self-taught painter, though in the last few years I attended a selection of courses at Art Academy London and The Heatherley School of Fine Art. I am a member of the Hesketh Hubbard Life Drawing Society at Mall Galleries. I have been showing my work since early 2022 at several venues. I paint ordinary people in ordinary settings, deliberately avoiding any identifiable context or narrative which, I hope, encourages viewers' personal interpretation of my very own world encapsulated on canvas.

What I love about the painting as a form of art is the richness of its aspects: the composition, the choice of palette, the myriad ways one can lay the paint, the subject – and that just to name but a few. As I go along my focus of attention varies and wanders from one aspect to another and quite often one dictates the other. But the subject remains always the same: what fascinates and intrigues me in equal measure is us, the people. What subject could be more diverse and complex than the attempt to capture the way we react, interact, how the life leaves a mark and imprints itself on our faces and bodies. There is a true beauty there and so it is in ordinary life.

Education
Art Academy London: 4 portrait painting courses (2021-2022)
Heatherley's School of Fine Art: 2 figurative and portrait painting courses (2022-23)

Solo Exhibitions
Eggison Daniel, solo exhibition at Mayfair Hair Salon, London, Mar-April 2022

Group Exhibitions
Exhibitions:
Drawing Humans, XYZ Gallery, London October ‘24
Female Form, Books on The Rise (Richmond, London), May-June ‘24
Art Maze, BargeHouse, group exhibition, London, October 2022

Art Fairs:
The Other Art Fair, London, March 2024
The Other Art Fair, London, October 2023
The Other Art Fair, London, June 2023
The Other Art Fair, London, March 2023

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
What I love about the painting as a form of art is the richness of its aspects: the composition, the choice of palette, the myriad ways one can lay the paint, the subject – and that just to name but a few. As I go along my focus of attention varies and wanders from one aspect to another and quite often one dictates the other. But the subject remains always the same: what fascinates and intrigues me in equal measure is us, the people. What subject could be more diverse and complex than the attempt to capture the way we react, interact, how the life leaves a mark and imprints itself on our faces and bodies. There is a true beauty there and so it is in ordinary life.

I deliberately avoid any identifiable context or narrative which, I hope, encourages viewers' own interpretation of my very own world encapsulated on canvas.