NUNNS YARD
Press Release
Ellie Brine
2nd – 4th January 2017
Nunns Yard Gallery presents the latest exhibition by Ellie Brine featuring new 1.2 metre square acrylic paintings, as well as snippets of her series’ Broken Mirror, and Cut Up; all made in 2016. The works displayed in the city of Norwich mark a new epoch for the British artist who has developed a recent interest in the process of painting.
Brine’s abiding love for paint has continued into these works, exploring paint through painting. The meaning behind the artist recent works is simply to be a record of the process. Different types of material (from household gloss paint to fine pumice acrylic medium) are layered onto the 6-9mm MDF to contrast textures; creating depth to the work.
Executed in often narrow colour schemes of pinks and purples, Brine’s work evokes comfort, affection and harmony, while absorbing the viewer into the depths of the work.
In Brine’s pieces on metal and mirror, the artists traditional canvases of linen, cotton duck, or board are replaced by sheets of aluminium, steel and Perspex to begin to push the boundaries of painting.
The stand out piece of the exhibition, Circle [2016], resides solitarily at the far end of the gallery. As the viewer’s eyes follow the corridor, at the end, this 1.2 metre circle presents itself with importance. The deep hues of magenta and maroon are contrasted by the under layers of hot pink and iridescent medium. There is a final glaze of gloss paint which when caught in the right light makes the work glisten with significance.
Opening Hours
12am – 5pm
Private View Monday 6pm
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