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Julia Brooker wants her paintings to "concentrate both my and the viewer's eye on the surface of paint.
I have been determined to eliminate the superfluous; - my paintings contain only the essentials, they are pared down, they are not cluttered with the inconsequential.
Paint is sumptuous: it is loaded with colour, it is soft and supple. Paint has a bloom when it is thick and is translucent when it is stretched across a surface. I want my paintings to be beautiful; so that people will stop and look, and for a moment, forget everything else. My paintings are dramatic yet subtle, I don't want everything to be seen from a distance. Closeness should offer up more, a desire to touch the surface.
I work on aluminium so that my paintings seem as if they are floating, they are as thin as possible. On this light reflective surface, I use paint as a transparent or incomplete veil. The smooth metallic surface makes every little move or hesitation apparent, and I am very aware of the fine distinctions in making the brush marks. In response to this, the colours I use are often muted."
Julia Brooker graduated with a first class honours degree in Fine Art from Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education in 2000. She has exhibited nationally and has been awarded several awards including the Simon Beswick Travel Award for a study visit to Japan and the New Visual Artisits grant from Arts Council for Wales.
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