 Over the past few years I’ve transitioned from someone who was notably non-artistic to someone passionate about art in all its forms, particularly painting. For reasons I’ll never understand my brain made a switch from a lifetime of the literal to the visual, even beginning to see the world around me as if it were 'painted'. Although I still consider myself an amateur my skills and artistic awareness have increased considerably and I’ve been lucky enough to sell a lot of paintings throughout this learning process.
My academic studies did not include the arts (Zoology), but have encouraged an emphasis on nature in my art. It is my reverence for the natural world that inspires me to paint, but I also enjoy subjects such as cityscapes and architecture. I have a fascinating work life, away studying whales and dolphins from seismic vessels for weeks at a time. Although they provide me with inspiration and material, I usually return home from these voyages with an incredible amount of pent-up artistic energy that results in a whole new bunch of paintings.
My preferred kinds of paintings are semi-abstract landscapes with aspects of collaging and usually plenty of texture, ideally as fresh and uncontrived as possible. One of my favourite books is ‘The God of Small Things’ by Arundhati Roy, and I feel that the sentiment in this book and title is worked into my art – I really enjoy picking out a few details and giving them a sheen of reality, for example using real sand, pebbles and seaweed to build a rock or part of a beach.
Currently I’m becoming interested in the mathematical principles underlying the very ‘Small Things’ such as the way the various parts of flowers, fruit, leaves and trees are structured according to certain, universal numerical sequences and ‘Golden Ratios’ that are reflected over and over again in so many aspects of the world, both man-made and natural. This is probably more a feature of my photography but will inevitably creep into paintings too at some point, albeit in more abstracted forms.
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Tracey Unwin
Size: 48.00" x 35.50"
Price: £520.00
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