Emotions and environments are inspirational to my work, resulting in representational and abstracted images in a variety of media. Natures colours and forms intrgue and inspire me. I am drawn to the spiritual aspects of "special places" where ever changing landscapes and organic forms depict the moods of nature and light.
 
Timanfaya

This is one of a series produced after a visit to the the Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote. The rhythms and colours of the lava fields are captured in these pieces.
My work continues to be my emotional memories of landscape and place, originally expressed in paint/printmaking and latterly in hand dyed silk fibre and felt. Recent works are based on the mood evoked by a landscape rather than a search for realism and are produced instinctively with the medium taking over after a certain point. Not literally representational but not always unrelated. The shapes of nature and organic forms are blended with expressive textures and colour, working pattern over pattern using different transparencies of dyes and metallic foils producing an image that evokes the mood of the original subject.
 
You can see further examples of my work in the Online Gallery

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Newbury Art Group Summer Exhibition 30th July till 1st August 2010 Newbury Town Hall
Hampshire Open Studios Aug 2010. Details tba.

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Newbury Art Group May 2010 Exhibition at Newbury District Hospital, Turnpike Lane, Newbury
St George's Art Exhibition April 2010 St George's Hall, Newbury
Berkshire Open Studio Event May 2010
Insight 2010 May 2010 New Greenham Arts Centre, Newbury
Gathering Threads May 2010 The National Needlework Archive, Newbury
Winchester Discovery Centre Sept 2009 Solo Exhibition - "Painting with Silk"
Hampshire  Open Studios Aug 2009. Showcase for Hampshire artists in an open studio environment.
Yew Trees Studio 2008
Yew Trees Studio 2007 Annual Group Exhibition based in North Hampshire.

© copyright V Tierney 2008