2 October 2014
Lisa Traxler - Celebrates a decade of painting on the Isle of Wight. We visit Quay Arts to find out how her life experiences have helped her to create some very interesting and beautiful abstract Art.
Lisa's paintings are bold abstracts, acrylic on canvas, which are reminiscent of the St Ives tradition of modernism. Her palette echoes the landscape: gull colour greys, warm burnt sienna and soft fluid blues. Her mark making is loose and broad with thin thread marks leading the eye as they weave through the painting.
Having previously been involved in the fashion industry in London as a Fashion Editor and Costume Designer the move to the Isle of Wight and a change of career as an artist was a brave move. Lisa's experiences of travelling extensively in her previous job have been a huge influence in her artwork and have made her more aware of the sense of where she is, hence her preoccupation with 'place'.
She does not plan her paintings but lets her subconscious mark making lead the way. It is this unknown that Lisa strives for in her work, a spontaneity without expectation.
Lisa has exhibited widely in the UK. Her work can be seen regularly on the Island at the Seaview Gallery and during Open Studios. She is a member of NAPA (National Acrylic Painters Association) and an Associate Member of The National Society (of Painters, Sculptors & Printmakers). She exhibits regularly with both groups.
With her move to the Island in 2004, Lisa has since produced a prolific body of work in a variety of studios across the Island: aboard a houseboat in Bembridge, an old warehouse in Wootton Bridge, Jubilee Stores studios in Newport, a Grand Design studio in Ryde to her present studio located on the south of the Island in a WWII Nissen Hut. It was fascinating to see how her studio spaces had shaped and influenced her work.
02/10/14 - I had the pleasure of talking with Lisa during the preview evening, she was very pleased with the way that the show had come together. She also said that gathering her past works and seeing them hung together with more recent pieces had been a very emotional journey.
Do make time to take a look at Lisa's website, where you can also enjoy images and words about her sculpture and works on paper. Exhibition runs Friday 3 October to Saturday 22 November 2014.
Lisa's paintings are bold abstracts, acrylic on canvas, which are reminiscent of the St Ives tradition of modernism. Her palette echoes the landscape: gull colour greys, warm burnt sienna and soft fluid blues. Her mark making is loose and broad with thin thread marks leading the eye as they weave through the painting.
Having previously been involved in the fashion industry in London as a Fashion Editor and Costume Designer the move to the Isle of Wight and a change of career as an artist was a brave move. Lisa's experiences of travelling extensively in her previous job have been a huge influence in her artwork and have made her more aware of the sense of where she is, hence her preoccupation with 'place'.
She does not plan her paintings but lets her subconscious mark making lead the way. It is this unknown that Lisa strives for in her work, a spontaneity without expectation.
Lisa has exhibited widely in the UK. Her work can be seen regularly on the Island at the Seaview Gallery and during Open Studios. She is a member of NAPA (National Acrylic Painters Association) and an Associate Member of The National Society (of Painters, Sculptors & Printmakers). She exhibits regularly with both groups.
With her move to the Island in 2004, Lisa has since produced a prolific body of work in a variety of studios across the Island: aboard a houseboat in Bembridge, an old warehouse in Wootton Bridge, Jubilee Stores studios in Newport, a Grand Design studio in Ryde to her present studio located on the south of the Island in a WWII Nissen Hut. It was fascinating to see how her studio spaces had shaped and influenced her work.
02/10/14 - I had the pleasure of talking with Lisa during the preview evening, she was very pleased with the way that the show had come together. She also said that gathering her past works and seeing them hung together with more recent pieces had been a very emotional journey.
Do make time to take a look at Lisa's website, where you can also enjoy images and words about her sculpture and works on paper. Exhibition runs Friday 3 October to Saturday 22 November 2014.
10 out of 10!
