Claudia Boese, Janw Frederick

from The Museletter December 2020

Rebecca Wallersteiner

Imagined Geographies

The emotional sensation conjured up by memory has been the focus of her exploration over the last few years. Cloud forms enable her to portray her contemplation of the flux of life itself. Billowing clouds are a reminder of the immense forces of nature and our difficulty in comprehending, let alone understanding how to deal with the effects of global warming. These water-cloud-scapes are also a portrayal of the beauty and magnificence surrounding us when we find ourselves steeped in nature. In these works Mary Romer has sought not to merely chart a physical landscape, but to explore our subliminal response to the splendour of nature, climate change and global warming.

JANE FREDERICK

www.gardenseekersproject.

Soaked // the waters will run clear again Historically across cultures, the enigmatic presence of water in formal gardens has provided spectacle, symbolism and solace. Referencing theatrical Baroque fountains, my work explores the lure of historical formal gardens, highlighting their potential to provoke wonder and intrigue and offer space for sanctuary and introspection. With its ability to nourish all of our senses, arguably we need the restorative properties of water now more than ever. The waters flowing in these paintings and drawings do not run clear or freely. These enigmatic spaces exist at the mercy of their guardians and keepers as nature strives to grow free from the constraints of man, shaping and taming the environment.

CLAUDIA BOESE

www.claudiaboese.info

My paintings are shaped through the handling of paint, remembering and history. This process is my way of understanding the world and myself. I am inspired by looking at women’s paintings to appreciate the feelings and perspective that we bring to it. My painting is also guided by the surfaces and materials used and what affect this has on our way of looking. A quality I am hoping to slow down with my paintings and imagination.

GOSIA ŁAPSA-MALAWSKA

www.malawska.com

Małgorzata (Gosia) Łapsa-Malawska is a Polish born artist currently based in London. Extensively travelled across South America and Asia, her practice is rooted in the ‘Young Poland Movement’ and informed by the simplicity and subtlety at the core of Japanese aesthetics. Loosely based on the principle of ideas following the brush wherever it leads, fragments of memories are condensed into semi abstract landscapes, with figures reduced to silhouettes and shadows. Using a pared down palette fading from Payne’s grey to white allow the artist’s conscience to disappear into the horizon while at the same time conjuring a universal subconscience. The fleetingness of time, the inevitability of transience, are encapsulated in textures and marks; these may even be further reduced by keeping the process of stretching the canvas till last as a final homage to the beauty that lies in imperfection and deterioration.