Louise Crawford (b.1972) originally from Cheshire, travelled extensively throughout Europe, the US and South Africa gathering inspiration to spark her creativity. Interested in social sciences and how the powerful medium of paint binds us through connection, community, creativity and communication, Louise predominately works in oil paint.

Influenced by nature, colour and music embodied in abstract painting for the human qualities it possesses. “I enjoy the power of colour to map inner states of consciousness, and human touch through mark-making to affect mood through emotions, which still act as vital signals for survival. Interests lie in colour psychology and the human nervous system, which has barely changed in thousands of years. Altered modes of communication have, impacting our senses and systems through visceral responses to both fake and authentic words and images.”

The importance of social bonds to share ideas and underpin our place in the environment has a direct link to paintings role in human history, as an important mode of communication. I am interested in how we can reclaim the powerful beginnings of the tradition of painting as a tool, woven into the fabric of time.

Themes – Nature & environment/ colour, culture, consciousness/ emotions, memory, sense perception.