Susan Laughton - 'The landscape is my starting point, not as a picturesque view, but
as a space travelled through and experienced often on the edges of
the urban and the rural. It is a source of man made and natural
structures, surfaces and colours from which I construct my own pared
down responses. Man made structures in particular impose their
presence against the sky: telegraph poles, fences, power lines or an isolated building...structures that create tension
within space and mark the passage of time. My approach is reductive:
removing superfluous elements, concentrating on the physicality of
edges and boundaries often in contrast to the veiled, shifting
white light of the north.
I make drawings of remembered details seen from the corner of my
eye, fleeting juxtapositions elusive to photography or more studied
compositions. My paintings contrast intentional marks with random
scratches, washes of paint with fine layers of plaster, gesso or
card. Focussing on process and materials is important to me as a way
of allowing the painting to emerge as an object in its own right.
Structured and methodical approaches combined with spontaneous and
intuitive reactions allow
me to plan and take risks: to combine control with ‘let‘s see what
happens if...’
Susan Laughton will be exhibiting at the
Palace Art and Craft Fair in May with Duckett and Jeffreys Gallery
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