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Sophia Milligan
'Una Buena Mañana Para Lavar'. Environmental rural domestic cyanotype painting

2019

About the Item

'Una Buena Mañana Para Lavar' Painting on watercolour paper, with rich deep blue tones of cyanotype solution used as a painting medium. Early morning sun creeps over the Andalucian mountain, crystal clear Spanish skies promising a fine day for washing! The painting captures an essence of the ephemeral and the enduring: the fragile, fleeting play of light through the eucalyptus leaves in mid december, the worn clothes pegs on the line narrating the many hands partaking in the time honored daily rituals of domesticity; the silhouettes recall the pastoral fencing of this rural life. From an evolving body of work titled 'Elemental' in which Sophia employs her unique style of working using the four elements of nature. "It is a balancing act of control and freedom; of discipline and guidance, whilst simultaneously relinquishing all authority and throwing the odds to the winds, to chance encounters and the unexpected. The physical plein air process of creating this painting captures the tangible moment when the primary forces of sunlight and the winds of time are frozen into being: A painting scratched and scarred by the morning breeze swaying the painting gently on the washing line; I am watchful of the responsive emulsion in the light. Then to be washed in the old marble sink, the cold spring water bathing, revealing: tactile memories, intrinsically embedded". Framing options available, please contact Signed in pencil to the lower right corner. 24.6 x 17.8cm / 9.7 x 7 inches Abstract . Environmental . Abstract Impressionist . Contemporary . Wabi Sabi . Domestic . Female . Rural . Spain . Spanish . . . About The Artist Sophia Milligan is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, exploring discourses on permanence & evanescence; the eternal, cyclical absolutes of birth & death; motherhood & childhood; and ancient immutable connections. With resonating ripples of intuition and instinct Sophia illuminates the presence of the ordinary, creating moments of sublime present. 'Born among the wild cliffs and tempestuous seas of west Cornwall, I grew with the intimate details in the twisting lanes and the intense changing light throughout the turbulent seasons. I formed a primordial connection with a deep instinctual sense of being part of the natural narrative, and wherever in the world I may be, this connectivity underpins my practice. Like the wind sculpted hawthorns and sensual coves of weather worn granite, I have been shaped by the powerful energy entwined in this ancient raw environment.’ ‘We are the stories of the journeys that came before. I weave into my work the tales of transitory circumstance; of struggle and survival; of forms and textures holding records of evolutionary millennia. I paint, I draw: with marks, mixtures, photography, words; the raw earth; the restless oceans; the whispered breeze. I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within, giving subtleties of existence a pause for contemplation. There is beauty in such poignant breaths. All moments are significant, every pebble of now forms the vast mountain of yesterday, and the great realm of tomorrow's possibilities'. Sophia has a 1st class honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Arts and World History, and a Masters Degree in Contemporary Visual Arts. Her work is held in international private collections, and exhibitions of her interactive, immersive installation, photography and mixed media works include 'Tabula Rasa', London; 'Superlative', Plymouth; 'Transition', Newlyn; The Eden Project, Cornwall; The European Parliament, Brussels; Kew Gardens, London; and 'The Cameraless Film Festival', Chicago.
  • Creator:
    Sophia Milligan (1980, British)
  • Creation Year:
    2019
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.01 in (17.8 cm)Width: 9.69 in (24.6 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Penzance, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU158228353612
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