Fiona Scheibl Suffolk, United Kingdom
My work is painterly and gestural. I work from observation but give priority to mark making on the surface space of the blank canvas. I place an emphasis on investigation rather than representation.
My work is inspired by natural forms and the landscape. I am interested in light, structure and decay. Movement and the dance of making marks is central to my creative process. I seldom paint or draw seated; I need to be free to feel my body weight on my feet and be ‘in’ the process. This act of being in, with and though the paint is at the heart of what motivates my work. Knowing the subject and being in the space it occupies or has occupied is also at the core of my work. Being intimate with the process of change that takes place in and around the subject - the seasons / light / decay, time passing – become part of the focus of interest. I work with flowers as companions rather than objects – most stay with me for many months, or even years decaying and changing – a metaphor for life. Still life. I draw in the landscape while walking. I hope this energy and dynamic is seen in the flower paintings made in the intimate space of the studio– of a moment passed or about to become. My work aims unashamedly at beauty but also the cryptic ‘what if, what is’ that comes from play and investigation. Some works are highly decorative some reflective and melancholic. I am not afraid of showing the sensual and joyful struggle that I have with paint, how as a painter I am in a relationship with paint as well as the subject. The paint always strives to be dominant demanding that it sits in thick layers and occupies the main fanfare of the image.
