Arabella Stewart

In Arabella’s drawings the paper is a white space devoid of clutter. This leaves the figures she draws a space to exist there, undisturbed and free to look at the horizon, lie in the sun or go for a walk, whilst at the same time seemingly floating in a timeless place. This focus on the figures, and exclusion of colour and background, draws us into what the subject is doing and even possibly how they are feeling or what they are thinking. A momentary scene is captured on the paper, a snapshot into a private reverie; the figures become not merely people but characters and the space on the paper allows the viewer to project their own imagination, emotions and memories onto the work.

2005         BA Fine Art (First Class Honours), 
                  Wimbledon School of Art

 

Exhibitions

2014

    Northcote Gallery, Battersea

    Wimbledon Open Studios

2013       

    Northcote Gallery, London

    AAF Battersea, Northcote Gallery

2012       

    Surface, Belle Amie, London

    Surface, Barossa, London

    Surface, Reading Art Fair, Berkshire

2011       

    Group Show, Lisa Norris Art, London

2011       

    Affordable Art Fair, Lisa Norris Art, London

2008      

    Selected Artists, Karen Taylor Gallery, London

2007        

    Selected Artists, Karen Taylor Gallery, London

    Tranformer, Woburn Square Research Centre, London

2006        

    John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
    About Face, Tunbridge Wells Library and Art Gallery, Kent

2005-13  

    Open Studios, Wimbledon Art Studios, London

2005        

    Free Range, The Old Truman Brewery, London
    Black Wool Sweatshop, Wimbledon Degree Show, London

2004        

    Hans Brinker Budget Trophy, Amsterdam