Lineage 61cm (w) x 91cm (h) paint on canvas
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Lineage
Here is another recent painting. It is a self portrait (not a very flattering one, but then that is not what self portraits are about!). It is called Lineage, the painting is about heritage, ancestry, what gets passed down to us and what shapes us. My dreads look like tree branches so I created a 'family tree' / 'tree of life' with the layout of my hair. The splashes of colour represent different elements being passed down, the things that impact / shape us and the results. The turquoise represents bitter sweet elements and the yellow represents positive elements, such as love, joy and faith.
Labels:
ancestry,
art,
artwork,
Beth Louella,
cultural,
faith,
female,
fine art,
heritage,
human,
multicultural,
paint,
painting,
person,
portrait,
portraiture,
soul,
spiritual,
woman
Friday, 1 April 2016
WhatIsItToBeHuman
The WhatIsItToBeHuman year long touring exhibition is drawing to an end. They calculate over 10,000 people have visited the exhibition which is great. I am really pleased to have had 'Retrospective Sisterhood' selected for the exhibition and the organisers have been fantastic.
The exhibition from the WhatIsItToBeHuman website.
This is an old London exhibition advertising image - I think it is pretty clever (and fun),
I am on the right, under the painted man's feet.
Friday, 26 February 2016
A Nice Surprise
Labels:
adaptation,
age,
ageing,
artwork,
Beth Louella,
change,
diptych,
double,
exhibition,
growth,
painting,
portrait,
sisterhood,
sisters,
touring,
transformation,
whatisittobehuman,
women
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
New Portrait - FIT
Labels:
african,
african american,
african heritage,
art,
artist,
Beth Louella,
blue,
bold,
canvas,
expressionism,
figurative,
fine art,
labels,
multicultural,
painting,
portrait,
portraiture,
prejudice,
realism,
red
Monday, 8 February 2016
Labels:
art,
artist,
Beth Louella,
canvas,
document,
documenting,
film,
fine art,
hair,
making of,
paint,
painting,
people,
portrait,
portraiture,
realism,
video,
woman
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
New Portraits
Here are some new portraits of beautiful sitters...
Rebecca 36cm (w) x 46cm (h) paint on canvas
Rebecca II 46cm (w) x 36cm (h) paint on canvas
Verity 36cm (w) x 46cm (h) paint on canvas
Labels:
art,
beautiful,
Beth Louella,
canvas,
colourful,
female,
figurative,
fine art,
glamorous,
paint,
painting,
pink,
portraits,
portraiture,
purple,
realism,
turquoise,
women
Monday, 9 November 2015
Touring Exhibition
'Retrospective Sisterhood' (diptych), was selected to go in the UK, year long touring exhibition WhatIsItToBeHuman.
Retrospective Sisterhood (Diptych) 120cm (w) x 80cm (h) paint on canvas with embellishment
Labels:
coral,
double,
emotional,
female,
glasses,
gold,
gray,
grey,
memories,
mental,
orange,
portrait,
retrospect,
silver,
sisterhood,
sisters,
spiritual,
transformation,
wayfarer,
yellow
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