Barbara Grenet
I was born and brought up in the north of England but now live in rural Warwickshire. I graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art.
My work reflects what I see around me, a beautiful view, the shapes and colours of fields and even the patterns in a stone wall. I use these observations as a jumping off point or trigger for my imagination to develop paintings which represent nature rather than copy it.
I work mostly in oils or acrylics, often starting by taking photographs. I also look at maps and aerial views of the earth, often working on the computer to magnify and distort images to pare them down to just a mass of colour or a few simple lines. I then develop the work on canvas. I work in an intuitive way, building up layers of colour and texture, and using thin glazes to produce depth and atmosphere. My intention is to produce paintings which I hope engage the viewer so that they are drawn in to look further, and question.
