From April 28 to May 4 Pearl Gatehouse will have a solo exhibition at Shaftesbury Arts Centre featuring her latest oil and mixed media work.
“This is a great opportunity for my latest paintings to be seen,” says Pearl, who is showing some of her plein air painting.
“Paintings have been inspired by a variety of subject matter,” she adds.
Pearl is basically a Romantic in the English tradition, with a tendency towards the sublime. Her works, whether atmospheric and emotive seascapes or her recent poetic still life Floral series place an emphasis on transcendental and poetic beauty, light and colour especially in the natural world. Strong composition, through knowledge and intuition produce dynamic and unique studio works.
“I love painting seascapes and wide Dorset landscapes with a feel of fresh air and a sense of freedom. Lockdown restrictions however, have led me to discover in my garden and locality new sources of inspiration; a desire to celebrate the rich colour of a briefly flowering peonie, pops of colour in a winter garden and the poetic, fragile beauty in imperfection; fragments of dry beech leaves, broken twigs and fading petals.
“Drawing, mark-making and plein air painting, the recording of form and sensation, are basic to my practice. Back in my studio and gallery space, the act of painting becomes an alchemy of sustained concentration, charcoal and juicy oil paints. Pots full of brushes and rags for wiping back complete the mix.”
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