In an increasingly hectic and chaotic world, Knight takes refuge in her studio and hones down her compositions to simple arrangements in which she orders simple everyday objects. Finding a balance of colour and form, she seeks to create a sense of harmony and tranquillity.
Long & Ryle are delighted to announce the forthcoming solo exhibition by Sophie Knight ‘Still Life Meditations’.
In an increasingly hectic and chaotic world, Knight takes refuge in her studio and hones down her compositions to simple arrangements in which she orders simple everyday objects. Finding a balance of colour and form, she seeks to create a sense of harmony and tranquillity.
Working in watercolour, she drops in the colour from a loaded brush, moving the fluid pools of pigment and water with a great sense of urgency. She drops in the shape, colour and form aiming to not hesitate or fuss, with as much directness and economy of marks as she can muster, there is little room for correction or over description. Knight allows herself to go deep into concentration, responding to the paint, to the light, to the sensation of looking, there are no other thoughts or worries, she aims to not hesitate but to dive into the natural rhythm and organic life of the painting itself so that it can restore her.
She sometimes references other artists' paintings in her own work, these references are a nod to the thought process she is working through…decisions of representation or abstraction, a celebration of the process which has captured her, which she has made her life … that of being a painter.
