Lizzie Hale
From the artist
As a musician as well as an artist, I am aware of the correspondences and contradictions that exist between music and painting. My work is inspired by the freedoms possible in both, and the colours and forms of music frequently inform my work. Using images based on still life and landscape, I respond subconsciously to moods linked to my experiences. I believe that one must be sensitive to the often subtle emotions and insights derived from the visual patterns and colours observed, and this applies equally to the interpretation of music. I refer to the words of Kandinksky, "Painting cannot be explained, one can only help towards its understanding." Abstract relationships between line and colour play a part in every painting. The start of my paintings is nearly always figurative, but in the process becomes more abstract as line and colour dominate. I start without knowing what the finished result will be, a mysterious journey, the destination unknown until the work is finished."
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Evening Light |
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Spring Flowers |
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artist's biography
D.O.b : 1942
Education : Royal College of Music
Sir John Cass School of Art
B.A. Hons. (Fine Art)
Exhibitions:
2003 Cinecontact Gallery, London
Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2004 The Gallery, Cork St, London
Wills Art Warehouse, Fulham
Battersea Contemporary Art Fair
Affordable Art Fair, London
Stourhead Gallery, Wiltshire
2005 Art London, Chelsea
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2006 Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2007 20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art
Suffolk Open Studios
Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Private Collections:
University of Hertfordshire
Tavistock and Portman Clinics, London
Private collections, UK and overseas
Originally I had to make a choice between music or art as a career. In music it is vital to establish a firm grounding at a young age, so I accepted my place at the Royal College of Music where I studied the flute and the piano. My subsequent career in music consisted of playing the flute in various orchestras and ensembles, and teaching both in schools and privately at home. At the same time I continued to paint and draw on a part-time basis. Now my family are grown up I can dedicate more time to my artwork.