Artists / Becky Buchanan
resin and mixed media on canvas, 50 x 50 cm, SOLD
Based on the edge of the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, Buchanan’s large scale abstract paintings are inspired by a fascination with contrasts between the organic and the artificial. In her work she explores this in the juxtaposition of visual languages: large gestural sweeps of paint are set against a slow bleed of poured colour; drips and splatters of paint are contrasted with rigid geometric shapes.
Buchanan draws on a strong heritage of abstract painters, and states that artists such as Patrick Heron, Albert Irvin, and John Hoyland serve as inspiration just as much as the abstract work Pia Fries and Fiona Rae.
Aware that chance accidents in painting are integral to the nature of her work the artist employs the medium of resin paint, which is difficult to manipulate and predict. In this way she is able to generate a more intuitive response to the progress of her work.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
- Luck of the Draw, Edgar Modern, Bath
2008
- White Space, Somerset College, Taunton
2007
- Hot House,Taunton
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Art Hamptons, NY, Alicia David Contemporary Art
2010
- Gallery4Art, Binham Grange Summer Show, Minehead
- Chance to Shine, Edgar Modern, Bath
- London Art Fair, Islington
2009
- Somerset Art Weeks, Bath and Taunton
- Align, Edgar Modern, Bath
- Millfield Summer Show, Street
- A View from Inside, Edgar Modern, Bath
2008
- Muse, Edgar Modern, Bath
- Degree Show, Paintworks, Bristol
2007
- Foundation Degree Show, Brewhouse, Taunton
- Paintworks, Bristol
Studies
- BA Fine Art, Plymouth University
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Netherlands