Corinna Button

Corinna Button.Born Walsall 1960. Grew up in Sheffield. Recently moved to Chicago from Teddington,Middlesex in February 2010.Now works in a studio in Chicago. Corinna works in mediums including; painting, etching, woodcuts and, collagraphs.Fascinated by people, her pictures are intensely layered and atmospheric depicting many facets of the human condition.'Corinna Buttons work tells stories, but not in the conventional, linear sense. The stories her pictures tell feel as if theyre in the process of being glimpsed, unearthed, and we can see them as theyre etched into being, scratched out on canvas, layered up in delicate textures and bold, lyrical marks, evoking desire, desperation, celebration, mystery and intrigue, which deepens into bold, authoritative images as we look. Her stories are always unfinished, in process, pulling us in, and her suggestive forms surely reference the work of Munch, Nolde, Beckman, Kollwitz, even early Picasso, all of whom set up tantalizing associations within the subtle complexity of this artists unique and subtly provocative vision'. Sue Roe, Author of The Private Lives of the Impressionistsand GWEN JOHN - A LIFE Corinna works in mediums including; painting, etching, woodcuts and, collagraphs.Fa...

Corinna Button studied (BA Hons) fine art at Leeds and then Post Graduate Advanced Printmaking at Croydon school of art.She has exhibited in several European countries (solo and mixed), in New Zealand and Korea and exhibits regularly in galleries throughout the UK.Corinna has been selected for various major shows including the RA summer exhibition, International touring print exhibitions, The Discerning eye, The National print and Originals exhibitions in the Mall Galleries and The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Corinna has been elected member of the Royal Society of painters & Printmakers.Her work can be found in many private collections internationally.Work in public collections include the BBC, The university of Aberystwyth and the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. ,