magic moments

Still life as a genre might have been around for 500 years or more, but you need only look at the huge number of such paintings to have emerged since that time to see that it has never gone out of favour. Beloved for its ability to elevate the everyday, to evoke a memory, or just act as a portal to another place in time, still-life ‘snapshots’ persevere among some of our most talented emerging artists

WORDS AMBER CRESWELL BELL

INDIA MARK What India loves about still life is how it forces her to think outside her own world, owing to the difficulty of ‘accidentally’ inserting herself into a still-life painting. Her works are uncomplicated yet highly controlled, as she enjoys the impact of simplicity. Finding herself drawn to objects that are not too detailed, India feels that plain objects hold more scope for the imagination. @baroquebae93 ANH NGUYEN Anh sees painting as a way to prolong and explore her personal visual experiences, and to record the things that interest her most. Her work is a curious examination of light and shadow, and her paintings capture a gentle, dream-like quality that is both a tangible mood and a reflection of the gentle filtered light that fills her home on the…

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