Around and Around

"I paint loosely observed details of the world around me. The paintings in FBA Futures are deliberately ambiguous, borderline figurations, encouraging the viewer to formulate unusual associations with our concrete surroundings. I often use the natural world and simple moments as departure points, reinforcing the importance of everyday experience. I transform these images in the process of painting, which evolve through layering and reworking the surface, accepting improvisation as a tool for visual invention. The work jolts between its crude materiality and its metaphysical aspect, a push and pull game that has been repeatedly present in discussions around painting."

 - Gabriela Giroletti,  Slade School of Fine Art