original works on paper
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portrait by Marcus Iglauer
OUTLINE:​
Thurman is a visual artist working on paper. She works from rented studios in Shropshire and Matarrana, Aragon.
She trained in Textile/Print at Central (CSM) and has been exhibiting regularly since 2008. ​
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STATEMENT:
Thurman's recent work is an evolving retort to the solitary ventures she undertakes amidst the exposed landforms of the Matarraña region of Spain.
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From a terraced roof top, Thurman works on paper creating loose, shrine like drawings, that reveal natural connections with the terrain, depicting both strength and fragility. Individual outcomes at this stage of development are impulsive, ensuring each piece of work is the result of an abstracted viewpoint and a particular mindset or representation.
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Back in her Shropshire studio, the mountains now distanced, the physical and emotional experience is distilled. In this reflective environment, contemplative, atmospheric adaptions materialise, and internal landscapes break into play.
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Descriptions of her thought processes require exploration in technique, which she then implements by layering, exposing and partially removing areas of medium.
Collected earth pigments are mixed with distemper to produce subtle, textured light effects that work in distinct contrast with her initial, corrosive ink drawings.
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A persuasive balance is always loitering in Thurman’s consciousness while her instinctive expression emerges through an irregularity of form, nonconformity and multiple changing perspectives.
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Absorbing the nourishment of communing with nature, Thurman discovers new pathways within her practice. Her continual challenge is to evoke dialogue by making connections and developing an increased understanding.
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For an Artist Bio please contact lizzie@lizziethurman.com