Marilyn Bailey

My work is grounded in close observation from life, and I use classical realist painting techniques and skills to give a full sense of form, volume and space. I love how light can reveal forms, and how ordinary objects can be given a quiet, everlasting quality and presence. I was trained in Classical Realism oil painting at the Angel Academy in Florence, which instructs in the required concepts and the practical application of them. For those of you who have a love of flowers, this is a particularly good year to come to my studio. I am building a collection, often making small studies and then large paintings. Flowers also feature in many of my still life compositions. I find this gives me a greater understanding of their structure and forms. My aim is always that each individual curve and cup of a bloom captures and represents that one unique flower. “The idea of romantic exoticism is often turned on its head by the factual reality of the subject”. It will be a pleasure to welcome you to my Studio.