Eileen Harrisson
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Statement


Allied to an expression of spirituality and the fusion of paint, fabric and stitch which characterise my art, I have recently begun to focus on the importance of mark-making and rôle of colour  within the work.   Having used extensively both hand and machine stitch, I am now undertaking an exploration of the hand stitched mark in particular.

 I consider the forming and execution of a stitch to be analogous to the stroke of a brush or mark of a pencil; as the handling of brushwork is unique to the individual painter, so the use of thread through stitch is unique to each practitioner.

Landscape, seascape and the human figure have formed the basis of my subject-matter for a number of years and I am still drawn to the liminal places, wind-swept beach and sheep dotted hill.  A constantly changing drama of cloud and light offers me daily inspiration and, wishing to give the viewer glimpses and windows of what might be and to foster a spirit of contemplation, I increasingly find abstraction or near abstraction to be the ideal vehicle for expressing the ineffable.

 The constant urging of the spirit acts as both food for the soul and impetus for my ongoing development as an artist.



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