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PADA welcomes Amanda Houchen to the winter residency 24.
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âMy work looks at the relationship between illusionism and abstraction - I play with the spatial properties of the painting through formal decisions of division, colour and light. I am interested in achieving optical illusion through the placement of flat geometric architectural shapes, fused with more organic forms and structures: underwater plants, internal cell like structures, costume, fabrics, decorative patterns, the tropical and exotic.
My paintings tap into a sense of otherness; worlds within worlds, mirroring and yet upsetting what is outside.âšâšI am keen to create spaces that cannot easily be contextualised, exploring settings that convey artifice; they are mysterious, disorientating, and kaleidoscopic. Through a use of vivid colour, rhythm and depth, I confront the viewer with an ambiguous sense of place.â
Best bit of 2021, being part of Turps Leavers show @thamessidestudiosse18@turpsbanana@turpspainters #art #painting #kunst #londonartist #emergingartist #artcollector #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractart #abstractpainting #gesturalabstraction #artcurator #illusionism
Looking forward to being part of this group show at Cell Studios, Rollins Street - join us on 26th March, 5-9pm
#londonexhibition #exhibition #contemporaryart
