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Keepsake Painting

Tessa Houghton

United Kingdom

Painting, Oil on Other

Size: 11.8 W x 11.8 H x 1.2 D in

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Tessa Houghton describes her artworks as semi abstract and mainly focuses on natural landscapes. The artist works in oils and mixed media on canvas. She tries to capture and translate a mood within the work based on limitless horizons and the ethereal qualities of light affecting landscapes and seascapes. Tessa believes in the power of suggestion and her paintings tend to hover between abstraction and figuration. Houghton likes the idea that they will trigger a memory or a sensation by being recognisable or familiar in some way and the final interpretation is left open to the viewer. Each painting offers a different perspective and possibility; sometimes dramatic, other times hazy and subdued. Paint and other mediums are applied in a variety of methods so that intense layers of texture contrast with areas of smooth subtlety. Whilst light and depth are key components, colour and form are simplified to capture the true essence of the subject matter.

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Painting:Oil on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11.8 W x 11.8 H x 1.2 D in

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Tessa Houghton creates dreamlike ethereal landscapes that are infused with light, texture, and infinite possibilities. Inspired by nature with its inherent symbolism and contrasts, the paintings attempt to explore themes of fragility and strength, transience and endurance, death and renewal. The most recent work pays homage to childhood and family and explores the strong emotional attachments we have with particular places and the memories that go with them. ​ 'I believe in the power of suggestion and my paintings tend to hover between abstraction and figuration. The resulting images are ambiguous rather than definitive. I like the idea that they will trigger a memory or a sensation by being recognisable or familiar in some way and the final interpretation is left open to the viewer.' Paint and other mediums are applied in a variety of methods so that intense layers of texture contrast with areas of smooth subtlety. ​ Whilst light and depth are key components, colour and form are simplified to capture the true essence of the subject matter. Impulsive and gestural markmaking is tempered with controlled brush strokes. The painting process is balanced by observation and intuition. Surfaces are scratched into and paint layered on, then scraped away to hide or reveal what is underneath. ​ Since receiving a BA(hons) in Fine Art from Liverpool John Moores University in 1998 Tessa's work has been exhibited and collected extensively throughout the UK and internationally including places such as New York, LA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Barcelona After 12 years of living and working in Barcelona she is currently based in the North of England.

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