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Hi,
I am Lisa, an artist/designer inspired by the coast. I was born in Jersey in
the Channel Islands, moving
to Cornwall to study at Falmouth College of Arts before completing a degree in
Fine Art at the Southampton Institute of Higher Education, (subsequently known
as Southampton Solent University). I now live on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
The islander in me has always been fascinated by the ebb and flow of the tide
and what it leaves behind which is my main inspiration. Here you will find
paintings, original prints and surface pattern designs inspired by the shoreline,
effects of the changing light on the ocean along with flotsam and jetson
gathered at the beach.
I
spend a lot of time on site sketching, observing, experiencing and recording
information. Whilst occasionally a painting or print is a record of a very
specific time and place, more often they reflect multi layered memories and
experiences.
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| ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
I
paint mostly in acrylic on canvas and paper, using a variety of paint
application techniques such as dry brush and glazing. Acrylic is wonderfully
versatile and can be used in the softest whisper of glaze or thick impasto and
everything in between. Using a limited palette, I build up areas of colour and
tone in many layers. Each new layer is influenced and infused with the previous,
to achieve a colour intensity and radiance, adding to the rich surface patina
and developing textual variations. My second love is watercolour, I enjoy its
subtleties of colour and texture -its sometimes-unpredictable nature is a
challenge to relish. Mixed media pieces manipulating and utilising the characteristics
of different mediums to best express the subject is something that I have been
exploring more in recent years.
After
completing a short course in printmaking at Art University Bournemouth in 2015
I once again fell in love with printmaking. I explored drypoint, etching, collagraph,
monoprint and lino printing which are techniques that I still use now –
sometimes combining techniques within the same piece.
Previous
exhibitions have been held at:
Hautlieu,
Jersey
The
Millais Gallery, Southampton
Fisherton
Mill, Salisbury
Dorset
Arts Weeks
The
Hayloft Gallery, Christchurch
The
Red House Museum, Christchurch
New
Milton Artists Centre
Highcliffe
Castle, Christchurch
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| ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
