Women in Art - Raising the Bar

15 FEBRUARY 2022 - 08 MARCH 2022
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10. Judy Clarkson

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost
Oil on Canvas
102 cm x 183 cm x 3cm
2021

Signature front, signature and date on back

Paradise Lost portrays a dreamlike landscape: figures, some clutching mobile phones, cling to the shore of a burning landscape, confused, disoriented, despairing; some in groups, some alone; a particularly poignant dog huddles on a rock. On one level this painting is a response to environmental disaster and climate change, but on another it has a timeless quality, maybe Biblical or evocative of the River Styx as souls await their fate in the afterlife. Figures in water feature in several of my paintings, and for me this represents the unknown forces of the subconscious and the deep-flowing tides which propel our destiny. 

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£7,000 - 9,000

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As a figurative artist, I seek to explore the human condition. Often my subjects are caught in the act of self-confrontation in situations which are disconcerting or improbable. However, these figures are not symbols, but highly detailed representations of real people, with real emotions and experiences.

I work in oil on canvas, densely layering the paint to create an effect realistic at a distance, yet richly textured in proximity. In this way, I aim to portray an intensely physical and intimate rendition of the subject's 'moment'.

Education:
1983 - 87 St Martin's School of Art, BA Fine Art, 2.1

Awards:
Nude Category Award, Artist of the Year, The Artist Lounge 2021

Judges' Choice Award, Chaiya Art Awards 2021

Winner of the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2018

Selected shortlists/exhibitions:

New Lights Art Prize, national touring exhibition 2020/21

The Ing Discerning Eye, Mall Gallery/online 2019/20

The Society of Women Artists' Exhibition, online 2020

Isolation Mastered, JD Malat Gallery, Mayfair, London, 2020

The John Ruskin Prize shortlist, The Holden Gallery, Manchester, 2019

www.judyclarkson.com

Instagram: @judy_clarkson_art

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