Artist Information:
Willow Merryweather
nottingham,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2002
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Artist Statement:
I like to work in 2D mainly, I
draw as well as paint, I like
collage, but I have an
appetite for oil paint.
I started drawing accidently
in 1987, when I was mainly a
performance poet. Since then
I have completed a BA Honours
in Creative Arts. I didn't
paint on my degree, I was
encouraged to be conceptual,
but when I finished I felt
that my first love was texture
and colour and I wished to
express those emotional
moments in our lives that have
deep resonance. Layers of
life and journey we are all
on.
I am an autobiographical
artist. I am interested in
expressing the very depths of
me, very interested in the
tensions in relationships,
either with myself or with
others.
A moment in time, an emotion
that I was unable to express
any other way than through the
arts. I hope to communicate
to the inner person within the
viewer. To resonate my
experiences with theirs, as I
believe that we all are
ultimately the same,
underneath our masks.
In my bid to find these thread
within I have often used self
portraiture or abstract
images. I am interested in
the space in ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
EXHIBITIONS
October 2002 Surface
Gallery, Nottingham Playhouse,
Broadway Cafe, for Full
Spectrum, a group show to
celebrate Mental Health month.
2000-2002 Insight in Mind; 22
pieces of my art shown on this
video about manic depression,
shown in Nottingham and Now on
Channel 4 on television; July
2002.
1999 ...
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Willow Merryweather's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Willow Merryweather's Portfolio. Browse Merryweather's body of work: I like to work in 2D mainly, I draw as well as paint, I like collage, but I have an appetite for oil paint.
I started drawing accidently in 1987, when I was mainly a performance poet. Since then I have completed a BA Honours in Creative Arts. I didn't paint on my degree, I was encouraged to be conceptual, but when I finished I felt that my first love was texture and colour and I wished to express those emotional moments in our lives that have deep resonance. Layers of life and journey we are all on.
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