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| Artist: Paula
Hamilton |
| Website: www.paulahamiltonart.com |
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I was born in Leamington Spa
and grew up in Kent. I studied art firstly at Canterbury
College of Art, and then at Camberwell School of
Art. I then completed a post graduate course at
the Royal College of Art where I studied textile
design. Serendipitously, I now find myself living
close to where I was born and feel certain that
the oak trees and rolling fields that I observed
and remembered as a small child have an extra resonance
now that I paint them as an adult.
As a young graduate I spent
several years earning a living as a London based
designer where I sold hand painted silks and batiks
to fashion designers and framed panels in a similar
genre.
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Later in my career I took a year out to complete
a PGCE and went to teach in a local school where
I became head of art; a job I loved. By this time
my work had changed from pure textile design to
mixed media pieces on canvas. I eventually cut
my teaching down to part time in order to concentrate
more fully on my work.
Following a house move to the borders of north
Worcestershire I started to paint landscapes.
It’s hard not to respond to what is around
me – the changing natural effects of climate,
skies and seasons over land forms.
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Nature
has always been the central theme of my work and,
as clichéd as it may sound, it continues
to be my inspiration. It has an inexhaustible richness
and I want to use the infinite variety of shapes
and forms that I see around me and interpret them
in my own way.
I have exhibited work in London, Oxford and Birmingham
and have sold to private collectors in the UK. I
am currently jointly curating two exhibitions near
Birmingham. |
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