Fiona WINNING

“I make paintings and prints in response to the places I go walking. I use acrylic and emulsion paints, applying layers of colour with a variety of methods onto prepared surfaces such as paper, board, or muslin on board. I am interested in simplifying the shapes I see, and in the way light changes the landscape. I mix colours with the intention of enhancing scale and atmosphere. Much of it is intuitive, and I enjoy working with accidental combinations that result from this process. I work on several paintings at a time, which allows the ideas formed while working on one to be further developed on another.

During the summer of 2005 I developed an interest in water: specifically, water left behind in puddles, tide marks on the beach, and the shapes that occur when water evaporates. Back in the studio, I began to re-examine the physical properties of paint, observing the way residues of pigment are deposited when I incorporate similar processes in my paintings.” Fiona Winning 2011

1973 -74 Yeovil College, Foundation in Art.

1974 - 77 Winchester School of Art, BA Hons, Fine Art, Painting.

Awards

2003 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award

2006 Shortlisted for the John Moores, Liverpool.

Presentations

2010 Presentation of ‘body of work’ at Erlestoke House, Devizes.

2007 ‘Territories’ The Study Centre, Poole, a presentation of current work practice as part of a season of artist talks, focusing on different ways artists pursue research and development in order to prompt change in their work.

Selected Exhibitions

2011 Up Close, The Devon Guild, Bovey Tracy, Devon, Yeovil District Hospital. Newlands Medical Centre, Sherborne. The Dove Studio, Butleigh

2010 Highgate Contemporary Art, London, Ten British Painters. Air Gallery, Wells. 3-D Gallery, Bristol.

2009 The Plinth, ‘Oneandother’ project, Trafalgar Sq, London, Highgate Contemporary Art, Summer exhibition, 3-D Gallery, Bristol, Impact, Spike Island, Bristol, Southdown Gallery, Leigh, Kent

2008 Smelik & Stokking, Berg & Dal, The Hague, Holland. Somerset Print Makers at Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury. Artflex, Tokyo, Japan

2007 Between the Lines, Sherborne House, Sherborne. Drawn Spaces, Installation, Rawson Hall, Sherborne. Group exhibition of paintings, Three D Gallery, Bristol

Collections

Stephens& Scown Solicitors, Exeter. Prestige Properties, Sherborne. Goody, Clancy & Associates, Boston, USA. Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, London