Sophie Perkins
PAINTER
ABOUT SOPHIE
The contemplative and dynamic energy of the work oscillates between chance, control and careful restraint. Membranes of flooded pools of pigment transcend mechanisms of the sensory perception intertwining Nature and the 'nature of being'. Rather than a direct response to a particular place, the paintings are a depiction of what is seen and what is felt with great emphasis on the phenomenology of being in the landscape.
Working with watered down acrylic mediums, Sophie uses a pouring and soak-stain technique to achieve fluid notions of the coastal landscape bringing to the forefront visual observations and perceptions of colour; a configuration of the world around us. By eliminating non-essential forms and features, the exposed compositions amplify meanings of medium and process. They hold on to the essence of form, materiality and alchemy of paint allowing for the subtleties of paint and surface to be acknowledge as entities of their own.
Through the painting process and the artist’s gesture, the embodiment of the landscape is released and poured onto canvas using the physical body to enact the perceptual experience to mirror the interchangeable exchange between body, mind and landscape in its constant dynamic flux.
Sophie graduated with a Ba(Hons) in Fine Art from Falmouth University in 2020. In the last year she has participated in an Artist in Residency on the Totnes Art and Design Foundation Course where she has not only enjoyed working on her art practise but also mentoring and assisting in tutoring foundation students.
