Oil by Sue Williamson
A Need to Revisit
Sue Williamson
Urban and Metropolitan Landscape
My work is about looking, contemplating, and absorbing a sense of place and time and the evocation of fragmented memories and experiences. Urban and metropolitan environments are my source of interest and inspiration.
My focus is upon translating personal experiences of places I have spent time in, and recreating them pictorially with the intention of conveying sensations of moving around architectural spaces, from interior to exterior and from varying vantage points.
The interplay between light and shadow that occurs throughout the day; the highlighting of shape, form, and pattern; the subtlety and drama of colour changes brought about by fluctuating light on surface; these are the components of my work.
I begin from firsthand experiences and support my evolving ideas with reference to my drawings and photographs, as well as the strong evocative memories and sensations of my subject matter. These I explore both on the canvas and through a series of sketchbook drawings as my work develops. Colour. light and form and space are at the core of my interest.
This collection of paintings are a selection from pre lockdown years, 2018 and 2019 when travel was possible, and also a selection of the pieces I have made during the confinement and limitations of 2020 /21. The impact of the restricted life of lockdown has driven me to look much more closely at my domestic environment and my locale. Living in a coastal town has challenged my creative processes and the daily routine of walking and studying what is close by, has been the catalyst for a series of railway inspired paintings, some of which are included in this exhibition.
My thoughts returned in January 2020 to the Guggenheim in Bilbao . The titanium and glass surface of this wonderfully sculptural piece of architecture continues to haunt me. The ever-changing light on surface at different times of day and night alter the structural appearance continuously.
Bilbai 2019
Oil on Canvas
64x84x3.5cm
Framed in an Open Frame
