Join us on 17th April, 5pm-7pm at INNSiDE hotel for drinks and canapes for the launch of ‘Neon Nature’ by Natalie Gilmore.
I graduated 1996 with a degree in Fine Art Painting & Printmaking from Bretton Hall College, Leeds University. Since then, I’ve followed a different career path working within public finance and the cultural sector. However, making art has consistently been an important part of my life and I try to spend as much time as possible in my studio.
Knowsley is my home, so I’ve been lucky to grow up with access to incredible green spaces. I currently live in Prescot and have a respect for the energy of the place. Having a sense of connection to place is very important to me and the more time I spend appreciating my town and city, the more related I feel.
To celebrate that connection, I make work about places I’ve visited that have had an impact on me, particularly if I’ve shared these experiences with the people I care about. I work mainly in acrylics, layering colours to create depth and contrast.
The paintings in ‘Neon Nature’ feature dense, vibrant foliage – ferns in shades of electric blue and lime green. I love to get in close and represent the twisting vines and glowing fruits and set these against outrageous backgrounds of saturated colour.
I paint in a highly detailed way, thousands of lines and dashes on top of an expressive free flowing base layer. All the paintings in this exhibition are about observation and understanding. In many cases, instead of standing back and admiring the full landscape, I focus on small areas – the shapes, the colours, texture.
For me, painting is about capturing the energy and movement of the environment, rather than trying to create a perfect replica of it. I want my work to feel alive – like stepping into a crazy electric forest just as the sun is rising. I get my biggest inspiration from nature, and I’m constantly taken by the diversity of shape, colour and structure in the world right around us.
All artwork is for sale.
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