STRANGE AND FORGOTTEN CORNERS
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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE – CHARLOTTE BRISLAND
‘Block’
‘Corner’
The paintings I make are always of the landscape, placid and distant. The brushstrokes are sometimes broad and visceral balancing precariously into photorealism. What is depicted figuratively within the composition is often a single building or piece of street furniture. Why are we looking at this house or this building or this tree? There is never a real response to that, nor do I want there to be. There is a building, that is all. But there is more, there is the sense from the viewer, their own ideas, the possible ideas of the artist and how it is positioned in contemporary dialogue.
The work has always been inspired from seeking new landscapes, placing myself in unknown environments, cultures and countries such as Japan, France, Berlin and Switzerland. It was never enough to simply visit these places, I lived and worked and engaged fully within all of these places. Only through that whole experience did I begin to see the strange and forgotten corners and spaces. Overlooked and secondary those spaces became important to me for that very reason.
As featured in the international, independent art magazine – FreshPaintMagazine
‘Block’ and other works are available as prints. Each print is £40. Limited edition run of 75, all signed.
For further enquiries contact the artist directly at charlotte.brisland@outlook.com
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