Show Two: May, 1st to the 31st

SHOW TWO: MAY

1st to 31st MAY 2008

SHOW PREVIEW 6.30PM THURSDAY 1st MAY
Join us for a class of wine and a chance to talk the artists about their work.
All are welcome at this free event.

PENNY FIELDING BEAUTIFUL INTERIORS
introduces the second in the bimonthly art show series for 2008 with an
exploration of contemporary non-figurative painting with
Chris Winter and Denise Hickey.


Christopher Winter’s work includes portrait, landscape and abstract,
using mainly oil on canvas, although he also works in acrylic, gloss and
mixed media. His influences range from Lichtenstein, Kandinsky,
Ralph Steadman and Jackson Pollock to Marvel comics, the organic forms
of Art Nouveau and subway art.

In these recent works, Chris has been drawn not only to the interaction
of colour, but also to the flow of the paint and its collision with the canvas.
He employs serendipity as a ‘tool’ to reveal the natural consistency of the
paint, exploring the tension between form, line, colour and texture.

You can view further work on the website: www.christopherwinter.co.uk


Denise's work is concerned with exploring the relationship between intangible
notions like memory, love, loss, beauty, solitude and fear and physical objects.

This body of work focuses on used fabrics. It is awkwardly assembled and goes
through a series of seemingly random but repetitive actions including dip-dyeing,
bleaching, sewing, folding and tearing.
Denise has always been drawn to abandoned domestic items from teacups to
typewriters to bed sheets; the lives they may have had and what they can stand for.
The work looks at the paradoxes of these representations:
safety and vulnerability
damage and repair
comfort and distress
control and freedom
transience and permanence
life and death.