Tessa Houghton

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

About Tessa Houghton

Ever since I can remember I have always scribbled, sketched and painted. I went on to study Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University and after completing my degree moved back to Lancashire for a short time. In 2000 I moved to Barcelona and began to paint the sea. I would describe my work as semi abstract and mainly focused on natural landscapes. I work in oils and mixed media on canvas. My inspiration is taken from the places I spend the most time; the Catalonian coast, Pyrenees mountains and the dramatic and beautiful countryside of northern England. I try to capture and translate a mood within my work based on limitless horizons and the ethereal qualities of light affecting landscapes and seascapes. 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. I like to play with and distort perspectives so that in one moment you may feel you are soaring above the landscape yet at others you feel you are able to walk right into it. Each painting offers a different perspective and possibility; sometimes dramatic, other times hazy and subdued. The viewer is invited to respond and react to them individually. 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. My paintings have been exhibited extensively throughout the Uk and in various place around the world, such as Barcelona, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York.

Education:

BA (hons) Fine Art Liverpool John Moores University- 1998

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Apr 2018 Selected Works- Signet Contemporary Art, London
Jan 2018 Land Sea Sky- Wills Art Warehouse, London
Sep 2017 Selected Works- Wills Art Warehouse, London
Mar 2017 Appearing Through- a collection of seascapes, Alpha Art Gallery, Edinburgh
Aug 2016 Aberdeen Art Fair, Represented by Alpha Gallery
Oct 2016 AAF Battersea Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Aug 2016 Selected Works, Alpha Gallery, Edinburgh
Nov 2015 Selected Works, Curious Duke Gallery, London
Nov 2015 Christmas Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge wells
Oct 2015 AAF Battersea Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Aug 2015 Recent works, Barefoot gallery, Boston Spa
Jun 2015 Summer exhibition, Wimbledon Fine art
May 2015 Spring exhibition, Stark Gallery, Canterbury
Apr 2015 Recent Works, Picture House Gallery Padstow
Dec 2014 Christmas exhibition, Gallery Top, Derbyshire
Jul 2014 Selected works, Waterside Gallery St Ives
May 2014 Selected works, Gallery 54, Ross on Wye
Apr 2014 Selected works, Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow
Mar 2014 AAF Hong Kong, Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Nov 2013 AAF Singapore Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Oct 2013 AAF Battersea Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Jun 2013 Yorkshire Artists Part 5, Leeds Gallery
Mar 2013 AAF Hong Kong, Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Apr 2013 Shore Things, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
Feb 2013 LANDSCAPE, Gallery Top, Derbyshire
Feb 2013 Selected Works,Take To Art Gallery, Lichfield
Jan 2013 New Year Show, Blackheath Gallery
Nov 2012 AAF Singapore, Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Oct 2012 AAF Battersea, Represented by Fairfax Gallery
Jul 2012 Summer Show, The Russell Gallery, London
Jun 2012 Summer Show Blackheath Gallery, London
Apr 2012 Mayne Gallery, South Devon
Jan 2012 Selected Works, George Thornton Gallery, Nottingham

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