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Gilly Hemmer
Art Forms
Mixed media, Painting
Artist information
I love to make art. Creativity and making things has been a huge part of my life since I was a child.
After a few years of office work (not my forte!) I became a fabric retailer and knitwear designer. I later studied fashion and textiles at UWE Bristol, and afterwards taught fashion and textiles part-time. It was during this period I began to develop my practice using stitch and mixed media.
My favourite artist is the late Mary Fedden, her work remains fresh and contemporary in my eyes and her still life pieces and use of flat perspective have frequently inspired my own work.
For many years now I’ve been working mainly in acrylics, painting still life pieces, little houses, landscapes and seascapes and currently exploring my love of the shapes and textures of everyday objects and scenes. My work is naïve or abstract in style with no intention of being truly representational. For me it’s more about my perception of places and objects as I try to capture the way I feel about a subject rather than express a visual reality.
Colour is important to me, and I love ceramics, birds, trees and nature in general – and my love of the natural world, often mixed with domestic paraphernalia and interiors – and my own emotional and internal view of life, is what often comes through in my work.
My home and studio overlook the lovely Worcestershire Teme Valley, where I live with my husband John, and Mabel our beautiful Romanian rescue dog.
I look forward to meeting you during Open Studios! But do feel free to contact me anytime.
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Gilly Hemmer
