Breaking Through by Alison Gilbert

Breaking Through by Alison Gilbert [2021]

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Acrylic on canvas

Image size: H:70 cm x W:70 cm

Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:4cm

Frame Size: H:105 cm x W:105 cm x D:5cm

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This painting came about when I had just experienced a significant breakthrough in my work process. The bold splash of black seems like it is breaking through and has burst forth with an explosion of energy. The strong constrasts of colour and subtle textures in the background make this a striking painting which will be a bit of a show-stopper wherever it ends up!

Alison is a British contemporary abstract artist and painter, based in Somerset, England. With a degree in textile design, and many years of art making behind her, paintings are developed with a primary focus on colour, pattern and texture. She loves to explore ideas around visual contrasts and creates work that makes a bold visual statement from a distance, but also has richly layered surfaces full of depth and interest close to. Work is made intuitively, drawing on decades of visual memory. Inspiration can be a mood or feeling, a memory, a place, even a symbol or the power of a word or a phrase. This may sometimes be incorporated in the finished piece in the form of visible or abstracted text.