Studio Window by Charmaine Chaudry

Studio Window by Charmaine Chaudry [2021]

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Oil paint on canvas board

Image size: H:20 cm x W:15 cm

Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:15 cm x D:0.1cm

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The artist depicts a morning in her studio, looking out onto the road of terraced houses. The sun peaks through the clouds into her studio, lighting up the bouquet of spring flowers. Painted in oils, the dry impasto application creates a scene full of texture and movement. Details are hinted at in an impressionistic style, allowing for the colour to come to life. Cool purples and rose pinks sit next to the under colour glow of warm orange. The blank canvas sits on the artist's easel, waiting for the day ahead, unknown what will be painted.

Charmaine Chaudry artist with Wychwood Art. Charmaine’s artwork largely stems from fascination with identity and “the exotic”. Charmaine’s mixed-race English and Pakistani identity is inherent to her work as she feels a pull towards both classically English nostalgic scenes, as well as towards her paternal home of Pakistan, a place that is contrastingly warm and romantic but distant to her daily life. Charmaine plays with these themes of nostalgia, the exotic, and with her own relationship to idealised landscapes to create idealised dream-like scenes, evidenced by her vibrant colour palettes and impressionist bold brushstrokes. Her work fundamentally portrays the joy she finds in the outdoors. She depicts both nostalgic memories of spending endless days exploring her childhood garden, as well as a pull towards warm “exotic” places of her ancestors and her travels. Charmaine wants her audience to find a relatability and comfort in her artwork, whether that is rose-tinted memories, or idealised dreams. To discuss any of Charmaine's work please call 07799 535 765 or email deborah@wychwoodart.com .