Born in Stockport in 1983, Georgina studied at Loughborough University, graduating in 2005 with a BA Hons Fine Art degree.
Georgina paints gently expressive, romantic abstracts, which employ soft veils of saturated colour and flurries of energetic brushwork. The paintings are all inspired by the awesomeness of nature with the sky being particularly key. Its vast size and ever-changing cloud formations usually prove to be her initial starting point, from which she then incorporates other ideas and themes.
“I never tire of watching the sky, observing the changes in light and tone or feeling my spirits lift as I leave buildings to be surprised by spectacular colour combinations - especially grey tones - and the smell of the cool fresh air.”
Her paintings are not intended to provide faithful, photo-realistic works but rather to reflect an emotional and thoughtful response to nature and to capture the essence of these transient sensations through the medium of paint. There is an intentional ambiguity to the work which leaves them open to interpretation and subjective reflection. She is interested in the concept of spontaneous response and expression and hence her use of colour is often instinctive and impulsive – revelling in the contrast of soft, buttery layers of colour with a harder, gestural element.
Georgina has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally since 2006.
RECENT SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
Prespective Gallery. J2 Centre, Newcastle - Under - Lyme (solo)
BLOMart Turku. Turun Kongressi-ja Messukeskus, Turku-Abo, Finland
2011
Young Artists of the Year, 2011. The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
The Big Bang. The Art Lounge, New Mills
The Public Exhibition. The Public, West Bromwich
No.1: Paint. BLANKSPACE, Manchester
Meller Merceux Gallery, Witney (solo)
Showcase Exhibition 1: Parallax AF, La Galleria, London
NGS Bursary Recipients. Borough Museum, Newcastle - under - Lyme
Twinned. CUC, Liverpool
2010
Winter Wonders. Obsidian Art Gallery, Bucks
Lincoln. The Gallery Bar, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale (solo)
Skullduggerous. Pure Evil Gallery, London
The Big Sale. Banks Street Arts, Sheffield
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Shortlisted - Biscuit Factory Foundation's Young Artists of the Year Award, 2011
SMDC Grant for the Arts, 2011
New Generation Space Bursary, 2010
Selected - FringeMK Painting Prize, 2010
Selected - FringeMK Painting Prize, 2009
Selected - Abstract Exposure exhibition & prize, 2009
Winner - Public vote. Needhams Open Art, 2009
SMDC Grant for the Arts, 2008
Finalist. Lautieri Moores Open, 2008
Purchase Prize - Cooper Parry, Think Art, 2004
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