An exhibition of rich, colourful paintings of animals, exploring the lives and personalities of our domestic animal friends and their wilder cousins.

  “The inspiration for my paintings comes from the natural world. I’m strongly attracted to colour and light and I like to use rich, lush colour in my paintings. Colour is a wonderful tool to reflect emotion and mood. My paintings all come from an emotional response to my subject. I have a passion for animals and I love painting them. I enjoy trying to capture their personalities, that quirky essence that makes each one an individual. I am intrigued by the way they interact with the world, each animal has its own unique perspective on life which demands to be captured in paint.

Gloria Stook said “For the artist a cat is a still life in motion.” Never a truer word! My “still lives” are always in motion. I do what I can to capture their spirit, their sense of life and vitality. In all their many varieties they are an endless source of material to a painter.

Dogs are the embodiment of happiness, from the smallest to the largest, every dog has the skill of happiness. It’s that wonderful exuberance and love of life that makes painting dogs such fun. It’s a challenge to capture that sense of movement and dynamic energy on the canvas.

Animals in the environment allow me to explore my love of landscape, to create a colourful setting for my subjects to inhabit. From the deep colours of the shady forest pool to the lively, sunlit greens of the open meadow, nature provides a rich and vibrant tapestry of colour and texture, light and shade that is exciting to paint.

About The Exhibition
This new exhibition of colourful and affectionate paintings explores the lives of many animals, both domestic and wild, at home and in the landscape. As an artist who clearly loves animals, Denise Laurent’s work explores the unique personalities of her subjects with an intimacy and deftness of touch while filling her canvas with warmth and humour. Her style has made her a popular artist, exhibiting both in the UK and abroad. Many of her paintings are available as limited edition prints and cards.

Her work can be seen online at www.deniselaurent.co.uk www.thepaintedcat.co.uk www.thepainteddog.couk, and www.felineartists.org “

Born in Mallorca (Spain) Catina studied painting at the Fine Arts Academy of Palma de Mallorca. She later left her island to travel the world. In Paris, she had the chance to develop her artistic career learning new techniques while working and continuing to travel. Among others, she travelled to Lebanon, Egypt, Arabia, and Mexico, where she stayed a few years. Through all her travels and experiences she has become a self-taught artist.”

It´s inevitable to visit Egypt and not be amazed and carried away by the beauty of its temples, hieroglyphic reliefs , columns, as well as its mythology.

My paintings are based upon sketches and ideas that I have done over many years. I like to explore and engross myself in the mystery of forms, search for a synthesis and express it in a symbolism.
In this small collection I have worked with mixed techniques: acrylic, oil and gold leaf on canvas.
Some paintings represent mythological scenes, others suggest an energy, a cycle of renovation, searching in the metaphor, the poetic language of symbols.

Well-known art lovers and collectors Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Griff Rhys Jones are amongst many who have bought Emma Cameron’s vibrant paintings in recent years. ‘Mischief and Grace’ brings together a selection of paintings, drawings and prints featuring human and animal figures which emerge from abstracted grounds of fluid ethereal colour. Not to be missed!

 “It is rare to find a contemporary figurative artist who can deal confidently with symbolism” writes Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

“Too often symbolism is plodding, obvious and didactic but Emma’s touch is light, romantic and humorous. This means her work can be interpreted in a very personal relevant way by anyone without feeling there’s a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to read the picture. We love Emma’s work for its confidence, its upbeat palette and lyrical content.”

Find out more at www.emmacameron.com