Beryl Desmond

My practice is based on the thematic continuum and investigates the relationship between architecture and space and its ownership of the landscape. The creative process through which I work allows my drawings and paintings to reflect the honesty and history of their making.

Using acrylic paint on canvas, wooden panel or paper, I respond to structures in the landscape with which I feel a connection, both aesthetically and emotionally. They include such structures as the bridge, the ruined church and the railway station.

I initially work on site, spontaneously recording my response to the subject into drawing books. Together with digital images, these drawings constitute my primary resources, from which a body of work evolves.

Energetic, expressive mark making and a vibrant colour palette encourage the paintings to develop autonomy of their own as they move closer into abstraction.

Drawing and painting are equally important in my work and through the activity of drawing with eyes closed I seek a new dimension of creativity.

The unpredictable combination of wax pastel and water on paper produces drawings that enjoy a freedom from the critical eye. These drawings possess an independence that invite the viewer to seek ...

I graduated from Bath Spa School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University in 2011 with a 1st Class BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art Painting. I now develop my art practice in a studio at 44AD, artspace situated in the centre of Bath in the UK

EXHIBITIONS

2011
Degree Show, Bath School of Art and Design, June 2011
Free Range Graduate Art Show, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL ,July 2011

2012
Ten Plus 1 at 44AD - art gallery and studio space, Bath. 24th Oct - 6th Nov.
PLEASE DO NOT BANG OR OPEN THE CAGES Bath Art Affair 44AD artspace, Bath

2013
H2O Exhibition at 44AD 7a Lower Borough Walls, Bath
A Place of Departure Exhibition at 44AD Bath
Connections A Solo Exhibition - BRLSI, 16 Queen Square, Bath. 27 03 13 - 19 04 13.
State of Play, Southgate, Bath
One Year, Yes! 44AD artspace, Bath
Deck the Walls - 44AD artspace, Bath

2013/2014 - Open Exhibition R.E. Bucheli Fine Art, Bristol
Fragments, Walcot Chapel, Bath

2015
On Photocopy/Displacement, 44AD artspace, Bath

2015/16 Open Exhibition, The Pound, Corsham, Wilts

2016
The Waiting Room, 44AD artspace, Bath
Open Exhibition Centrespace, Bristol
Solo Exhibition Making A Mark 44AD artspace Bath. September 6th -11th Private View 8th September
Hidden Bath 44AD artspace, Bath
Open Exhibition, Corsham Pound, Corsham
Deck the Walls, 44AD artspace, Bath

2017
Drawn, Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol RWA
Accent, 44AD artspace, Bath
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