Louise C Eames

Biography

 

I am a gestural abstract painter who likes to explore the relationship between my embedded knowledge, visual knowledge acquired, aesthetic sensibility and improvisatory practices.

 

Joan Miro states, ‘when I stand infront of a canvas I never know what I’ll do and I am the first one surprised by what comes out. Tony Cragg, ‘ I don’t control the content, I’m thinking about it, but I don’t control it.

 

I was fortunate enough to have grown up in a thriving creative environment surrounded by Artists and creative thinkers and it was only natural that I should follow a similar path.

 

Studying Painting at Winchester School of Art and Barcelona University in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s had a profound impact on my artistic journey.

 

The Head of Painting was Clyde Hopkins and alongside him Vanessa Jackson RA who particularly left a lasting impression on me as a student and beyond.

 

At present my go to Artist’s are Albert Irvin, John Hoyland, Beatriz Milhazes and Gillian Ayres to name but a few.

 

Visiting St Ives over numerous years has also influenced me artistically and I very much responded to Sandra Blow, Terry Frost, Trevor Bell and Patrick Heron.

 

I currently paint in a small conservatory in Worcestershire not far from The Malvern Hills with many trips made to cultural centres.

 

I would like my Art to be accessible to all people and hope that they will find something that they could respond to and have and leave with a positive feeling.

 

I also very much feel that focusing on the upbeat nature of my Paintings, helps me endure the current environmental and world crisis.