Gill Hamilton
After a childhood spent constantly drawing I attended Burnley College of Art to complete my A Levels and an Art Foundation Degree before going on to Ripon College of Education studying Art and Education. After early retirement from teaching due to family commitments I began to develop my own artistic practice, drawing from life whenever possible and settling on still life as a subject for my paintings.
I enjoy painting in both realistic and Naïve styles.
My traditional still life paintings evoke a sense of the familiar and occasionally a sense of fun. They display a modern, illustrative quality capturing moments which are often overlooked. Some suggest a familiar narrative which resounds with the viewer. A book left open for a moment or a coat thrown casually on a chair back indicate a human presence.
Working in a Naïve style allows me the freedom, spontaneity and creativity to play with composition, colour and mark making. Some work verges on abstraction, concentrating on relationships between shape, tone, colour and line rather than a realistic portrayal. Serendipity plays a part in the paintings and they evolve as areas are painted over and adjusted until a pleasing result emerges.
I work from my home studio in Cheshire, exhibit in galleries around the country and in 2019 was elected a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts.
