Alchemy Painting

Gina Parr is a widely collected painter and photographer who 'paints' with her camera when traveling. The Artist says of her practice, "Scape, memory and identity are ever present in my work. My childhood, spent diversely in wide-open spaces with my father fishing for mackerel and at home with my mother's hoarding and mental health issues, defined my relationship to the sea and land and consequently my art practice: The uncertainty of the deep, the spirit and memory of open spaces, evoking freedom and connectedness. My work is an expression of the intermingling of both joy and pain: the human condition and tracks the line between abstraction and figuration" Originally receiving a First Class BA Honours Degree in Fine Art, she went on to Chelsea College of Art to study set design, leading to a 25 year career Production Designing many prestigious shows for television, returning to her Art practice in 2007. She has also lectured in art and design at Chelsea College of Art and Nottingham University, is widely exhibited in galleries and art fairs in the UK and Europe, is an Associate member of the SWA London, is a member of the Artists Network at RWA Bristol, and has works held in collections Worldwide including; Keble College Oxford, President Boston's Children's Museum USA, Director Jestico + Whiles Architects, Senior Economist Goldman Sachs, Vedanta London, and Commissions including UAE, Belgium, London and the USA.