Deborah is a London based artist making constructed paintings in paper, spray paint and pastel. Recent work is a series exploring ageing. Through recorded subjective accounts with participants on ageing, the visceral and complex nature of old age and the ageing process informs the central focus of the image. Influenced by a training in sculpture, the images are approached as a form of construction, where the assembling of elements allows for a process of direct physical engagement with medium. A variety of papers with different surface qualities are pre-coloured to allow for an interplay of flat plane, depth and perspective, the background either coloured or left uniformly plain in tone, to allow the iconic nature of figures and symbols to be articulated. The narratives emerge through the tensions between formal layout and the charged content of the subject matter. Originally from Africa, Deborah’s work draws influence from tribal art, ancient Egyptian paintings and sculptures, and the symbolic and pared down nature of the later paintings of Peter Kinley.

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