Debbie Chapman

Custodians

2024

Casilda Oil on Canvas 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in 100 x 100 cm "My work involves creating large-scale, abstract paintings that aim to convey my emotions through colour and create a personal ...

Gabi Oil on Canvas 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in 120 x 120 cm "My work involves creating large-scale, abstract paintings that aim to convey my emotions through colour and create a personal pic...

Amanda Watt Lemonade Acrylic on Canvas 20 1/8 x 15 3/4 in 51 x 40 cm "I consider myself a ‘Fusionist’, because I merge styles that inspire me, while playing with the fusion of East and West. I combine orientalism and primitivism with western cubist principles and the expressionists’ use of colour, to create bright and vibrant figurative images." - Amanda Watt Amanda Watt was born in Northern Ireland in 1960, and graduated from the Belfast College of Art and Design in 1982. Just three years out of University, while living in London, Amanda was discovered by top film director Barry Levinson, who invited her to Malibu to paint from his beach house for six months. From this moment, her art took off, and she spent the next twenty years building a successful career in California, making her way into collections of many key LA directors, producers, galleries, and film stars. With annual solo shows in LA, San Francisco and New York, Amanda's bright, vibrant landscapes, interior scenes, and her semi-abstract figurative paintings have became a staple of Californian society. Watt's key collectors include casino mogul Steve Wynn, cultural ambassador Vanessa Branson, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, and fashion-designer Marla Ginsburg. Her work is held in key global collections including: Allied Irish Bank, Dublin; ARCO Corporation, California, and Nagi Corporation in Tokyo. In 2006, Amanda was burnt out by the sheer volume of work expected of her by these galleries, and took a step back, exhibiting just occasionally until her return to her native Ireland in 2015. Amanda now lives and works in Dromara, Northern Ireland. Artist Statement; "I am influenced by the pattern-making of Gustav Klimt and the highly stylised figures of Tom Wesselman and Alex Katz, as well as Rainer Fetting's use of bold colour and gestural brushstrokes. Japanese woodblock prints and Gauguin's Tahitian women have also inspired me, while the bright Californian colours of David Hockney and the decisive curves of Matisse are clearly recognisable in my work. I favour acrylic paint, which allows a fast pace of work with spontaneous gestures. Transparent washes precede bold primary colours to create depth and vibrancy. Multiple motifs, all from memory or imagination, are peppered throughout my work: highly stylised furniture; a picture within a picture; a torso - fragmented parts that on their own don't necessarily make sense, carefully placed to create a balanced whole." NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS Annual Solo Shows:  1995 - 2005 Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California  1993 - 2002 Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, New York & San Francisco  1989 - 1993 Tower Gallery, California Additional Solo Shows:  2004 Marla Ginsburg Productions, private show, Los Angeles  2003 Area Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, California  1999 Lee Hamilton Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles  1998 John Dupree...

Radiant Acrylic on Arches paper 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in 80 x 80 cm Award winning artist Peter Monaghan was born in Ireland in 1955 and studied at the National College of Art and Design i...

My painting practice began with subverting the idea of a still life to create an absurd experience where the presence of carefully observed and exaggerated absurd forms painted from ...

At first glance the subjects of Judith Berry’s paintings appear to be monumental forms such as prairies, forests and mountains. Upon closer inspection they could be smaller, more man...

Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present Aaron Collier: Of Rocks and Ruins. The “Everything You Need to Know” website that intends to prepare visitors for the breezy summit and sce...

Untitled 2017 67.70h x 74w in Oil on canvas Unstretched Luciana Levinton de-contextualizes architectural elements, sketches facades, delineates floor plans, and blurs interiors to re...