Charli Bradley

I am an emerging contemporary artist whose practice moves freely between figurative, neo-expressionist and surrealist styles. Rather than working within a single visual language, I allow each subject and idea to determine its own form, resulting in a diverse and evolving body of work.
My inspiration comes from the world around me, drawing on popular culture, current media, my surroundings and the natural world. I am particularly interested in the emotions, impressions and associations that these everyday influences can provoke, often transforming familiar imagery into something more personal and unexpected.
As an autistic artist, painting provides me with a means of expressing thoughts, sensations and emotions that can sometimes be difficult to communicate through words. My work is therefore deeply intuitive and personal, with colour, imagery and gesture becoming a visual language of their own.
Alongside my personal practice, I have undertaken commissioned work for friends and have been commissioned to create a mural for a school. I am continuing to develop my practice, embracing experimentation and allowing my work to evolve organically as I discover new ways of seeing and expressing the world.

Self-taught.