LOUISE BALAAM
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Louise's work is inspired by an emotional response to the natural world in particular to the quality of light. "I draw in the landscape, collecting intormation about particular places which have meaning for me. I want to put into the paintings the experience of being there, the weather, sounds, smells, and the process of walking through the landscape as much as what I can see. Back in my studio, I use the drawings to help focus my memory, but don't work directly from them - I find it works better to put the source material aside and to paint intuitively, so that the painting becomes an entitiy in its own right which starts to makes its own demands - in a sense, it begins to answer back. My paintings are based on a sense of connection to the natural world, something I feel is particularily necessary now.
I see my work as relating to the English landscape tradition - Constable is a big influence, especially his sketches, and modern English artists such as Peter Lanyon and are also important to me."
Louise's work has been shown by Cricket Fine Art for the past 6 years. She has also exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibiton, the Discerning Eye, the New English Art Club, the Hunting Art Prize and the Royal West of England Exhibitions.
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