Ella Butler
Through my painting process I am seeking to create a composition that has harmony and balance. Contrast is very important to me – light versus dark, hard versus soft, translucent versus opaque. I have used the overlaying of translucent shapes with opaque ones with the aim of creating a sense of light coming from within the painting. Between my paintings and within each painting’s composition I am using reoccurring shapes, so that the paintings I create feel like echoes of each other – an endless iterative process.
Imperfection is an aspect of painting that I admire in other artists work, the noticeable brushstrokes, imperfect shapes, that manage to articulate a sense of visual thinking. I aim to paint with a sensitive and thoughtful approach, while still using bolder compositional decisions. I am using imperfection and my painting process a way of keeping my paintings autobiographical and personal to myself as an artist, viewing each painting as a process of thinking and overcoming issues to arrive at a final painting that feels complete.