Bend 14 Richard Caldicott Her brushstrokes and patterns possess

Her brushstrokes and patterns possess a glyph-like quality

For this piece

Gourlay draws inspiration from shapes found in everyday life and in her studio

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he expresses through his work a natural and intuitive passion for the materiality of paint

Bend 14 Richard Caldicott Her brushstrokes and patterns possessThe threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the same time a transparency is created that allows the viewer to enter through the lines onto the painted surface. The titles of each series can be interpreted as emotional, psychological and physical conditions. This work from the series called Bend is a zig zag fragmented shape with a stitched edge that amplifies its 3 dimensional aspect.