LOUISE BALAAMNew Coast Paintings

29th June – 17th July 2010

Private View

Tuesday 29th June 6.00-8.30pm

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Front Cover: High Clouds, Lush Grass, oil on canvas,91 x 91 cm / 36” x 36”

LOUISE BALAAM

New Coast Paintings

Prize-winning landscape artist Louise Balaam’s work in the Threadneedle Prize exhibition in 2009 was described as “luscious” by Jackie Wullshlager, art critic of the Financial Times. Her work has been shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Discerning Eye, New English Art Club, and the Royal West of England Academy. These new large paintings, in oil on canvas, are based on different aspects of the coast: the island of Mull in Scotland, Cornwall, and the Norfolk coast.

“This show is about my fascination with places where the elements of land and sea meet, and the special, wild qualities I find there. My work is inspired by an emotional response to the natural world, in particular to the quality of light. I walk and draw in the landscape, absorbing and collecting as much information as possible, then work in the studio. I love the visceral, sensual qualities of oil paint, and I’m fascinated by how, through the mysterious process of painting, the marks of the brush can somehow convey an emotional resonance”.

Louise Balaam gained her BA and MA in Fine Art in Canterbury (KIAD and Christchurch University College). She has work in a large number of private collections.

Opposite: Turquoise Coast, Pale Cloud, oil on canvas,

140 x 140 cm / 55” x 55”

Evening Light, Mull, oil on canvas,

140 x 140 cm / 55” x 55”

Pale Blue and Burnt Sienna, Mull, oil on canvas,

81 x 81 cm / 32” x 32”

Storm Cloud, Norfolk Coast, oil on cnavas,

61 x 61 cm / 24” x 24”

Emerald Sea, Zennor, oil on canvas,

61 x 61 cm / 24” x 24”

Godrevy, Turquoise Sea, oil on canvas,

80 x 80 cm / 31.5” x 31.5”

Zennor, Edge of the Land, oil on canvas,

61 x 61 cm / 24” x 24”

Mull Coastline, Turquoise Sky, oil on canvas,

81 x 81 cm / 32” x 32”

Creamy Light, Turquoise Coast, oil on canvas,

81 x 81 cm / 32” x 32”

Holkham, Cool Weather, oil on canvas,

81 x 81 cm / 32” x 32”

Ardnamurchan, March Afternoon, oil on canvas,

129 x 129 cm / 51” x 51”

Dark Clouds Coming in, Mull, oil on canvas,

140 x 140 cm / 55” x 55”

Pale Sky, Ardnamurchan, oil on canvas,

140 x 140 cm / 55” x 55”

LOUISE BALAAM

Education2005-7 Christchurch University College, Canterbury

MA Fine Art 1997-2002 Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury BA (Hons) Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions2010 Cadogan Gallery, London 2008 Trinity Gallery, Tunbridge Wells2007 “Response”, Ashford Library Gallery2005 “A Sense of Place”, Portico Gallery, Sevenoaks

Selected Group Exhibitions2008-10 Royal Academy Summer Show, London2004-7, 2009 New English Art Club, London2009 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, London2005-9 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2009,10 Royal Society of British Artists, London2009,10 Two-person show, Ruthven Gallery, Scotland2004-8,2010 Open painting exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol2008 “Muse”, Edgar Modern, Bath2007-8 Summer Show, Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall2005-10 Gallery shows, Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale2005-10 Gallery shows, White Space Art, Totnes, Devon2007 Contemporary Work on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London2005, 2007 Chichester Open Art Exhibition, Sussex2005 Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, London2002-3 “Fresh Art,” Islington, London2001 Hans Brinker Trophy Exhibition, Amsterdam

Prizes2010 Odin Trust Prize, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol2007 Highly Commended, Chichester Open Art Exhibition

‘Paintings photographed by John Caruana’

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