NICKY CHUBB - PAINTER
My work is essentially optimistic, whether I’m painting flowers or the sea, the emotions I aim to evoke are hope and happiness. The trees and flowers of the countryside around my home, and the sense of time and belonging that watching them through the seasons brings, are a huge inspiration. I try to capture a sense of space and movement as I paint, and enjoy the different effects, happy accidents and controlled corrosion of mixed media. I originally trained as a designer (BA hons Fashion, Central St Martins 1993) and the influence of my love of textiles can be seen in my use of colour, texture and pattern.
I have been painting strong, stylised individual trees for over a decade, but drawing the human figure, trying to capture moments in time and changing light is an interest that has always run parallel to my tree paintings. All my figure paintings are from life, and I work in mixed media, using multi-layered combinations of collage, ink, paint and resin. I now also uses this technique for floral paintings, collaging torn paper to create lively bouquets of flowers against bright backgrounds and recycling old drawings and scrap papers into something new, working more sustainably.