Miranda Mayne
About the artist
Gouache and oil abstract landscapes.
Personal Statement
I have always immersed myself in art. My Great Grandfather, WB Gelder was a Royal Academician and supported his family by painting. My mother set up easels for us to play with paint almost before we could walk!
At first I qualified as an Architect setting up a partnership in Brighton. I believe this discipline in design underpins my sense of light, space, composition and proportion.
Later on I taught art and photography at a large comprehensive school in East Sussex. During this time I attended many painting courses and visited hundreds of exhibitions. I learnt all the rules and then I discovered how to break them!
I now prioritise time and energy to developing my own, mainly landscape work. I take inspiration from walking in our beautiful countryside. I begin by working observationally playing with mark making in gouache. I then progress to abstracting shapes and simplifying the experience in oil. I seek to represent my love of nature not simply by painting a visual resemblance, but to express all my senses whilst being immersed in it. I layer paint through accident and contrivance until dissatisfaction with the result recedes!

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Studio Information
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Studio Access
Wheelchair Access
None
Bank Holiday
Yes
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Directions
Park near the Fox Goes Free. I am three minutes walk away. Follow signs opposite the pub, past the barns. At the triangle take the middle road up to the end. Walk through the pergola.
Miranda Mayne
28, Charlton, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0HU