Gill Kippen

ART

Painter and falconer based in the Scottish Highlands

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Painting for me

The introspection and confinement of studio practice directly contrasts with flying hawks free in open landscape and this is reflected in the different approaches I’ve taken to painting.  Works have been either abstract or figurative but always underpinned by an exploration…

Painting for me is an exploratory process with no deliberate goal.  The first mark is the jumping off point and each work goes through many changes. The joy of bright colour and the many varied textures possible with oil paint make every painting an endlessly fascinating process of discovery.