BOO MALLINSON

Boo's paintings are inspired by her Dorset surroundings and her intimacy with the landscape. She responds to feelings, experiences and observations of the terrain and the elements. Her work is an emotional, personal expression.

Boo studied Fine Art at The Byam Shaw and City & Guilds School of Art in London then moved to Dorset 15 years ago. Her paintings act as a visual diary of her everyday walks and journeys through the landscape. Memories of a repeated walk along a known pathway, the dramatic changes of light and colour from one moment to the next, the way that sights, sounds and smells come together to form a very strong sense of place – these encounters with the natural world form the starting point of her paintings. Once back in the studio, the translating of ideas and memories into paint enables Boo to explore and move intuitively between the real and the imaginary.

Boo works in a number of mediums including, oil, acrylic, charcoal, ink and pastel. Her paintings vary in size from large canvases to smaller more intimate works on paper.