About Bridget

I am a British artist working in watercolour, acrylics, graphite and  copper etching.  My studio is in Yorkshire.

 

Core colours in my work are Pthalo blues and greens, Rose madder, Indian yellow and Cobalt Blue. I paint or draw every day (unless my attention is needed elsewhere) and normally have between 6-10 pieces in progress at any given time.  I paint to express how I feel about an environment, a tree, a concept or a cause (such as ‘Saving the Rainforest’) 

 

What interests me in a landscape are the rooflines and windows of rural buildings and I am always drawn to old stonework which I like to  express with exaggerated colours. I also paint portraits of characterful trees and plants.

 

My abstract work centres around maps, scientific ideas and human connections. The colours and patterns within the maps are in response to the way I feel about urban or village landscapes.  Other abstracts have been inspired by the ideas of Nickola Tesla, a Chinese myth and one of the photos from the James Webb telescope. 

 

My constant influences are Hundertwasser, Klimt, Hockney and Gunta Stolzl. More recent influences have been the works of Peter Doig, Vivienne Westwood, Hurvin Anderson and some Aboriginal artists of Australia.