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4th Oct 2024: Towards Abstraction with Liese Webley
Thanks Chris, for these photos and for the write-up. Liese provided us with an exuberant and enjoyable overview of her artistic outlook and methods. She studied at Exeter Art College where her interest veered from representational art towards abstraction. But it was during a stint of teaching art in a brightly lit Cyprus that she developed an emphasis on vivid colours and turning real scenes into intuitive compositions of colour and form. Her favourite painter, Matisse, likewise explored this avenue of simplified shapes and joyful expressive colour. |
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A handful of Liese's photos of the bold shapes and colours that surround us. These make useful starting points
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Liese's painting interests evolve intuitively, and as well as compositional harmonies she hopes to retain an element of surprise in her work.
She may work on maybe five pictures at a time, each informing the others. For us she began three paintings based on a street in St Ives, another in Antibes, and a view of the back beach in Teignmouth.
Using oil pastel she loosely sketched the outline compositions and began filling areas with acrylic paint, diluted with water. She likes to apply oils later on, giving a more richly textured surface.
Paintings are often put aside for days, weeks or much longer and then worked further when inspiration strikes. What we saw may be just the beginning of some long journeys to completed works.
She may work on maybe five pictures at a time, each informing the others. For us she began three paintings based on a street in St Ives, another in Antibes, and a view of the back beach in Teignmouth.
Using oil pastel she loosely sketched the outline compositions and began filling areas with acrylic paint, diluted with water. She likes to apply oils later on, giving a more richly textured surface.
Paintings are often put aside for days, weeks or much longer and then worked further when inspiration strikes. What we saw may be just the beginning of some long journeys to completed works.
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Teignmouth
Liesa's art materials for the demo.
Some of Liese's finished paintings. Recent work can be seen on her instagram page
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