Dominique Garraud, 'The still that I hold, this state that I'm in'

Bristol-based artist Dominique Garraud explores themes of the human condition, memory, senses, emotion, loss and vulnerability; drawing inspiration from the unexpected attachments relating to recollection, perception and how these themes intertwine and sit (often uncomfortably) beside each other.

Using painting ‘...as a way in - a way to start the conversation…’ Garraud pays homage to the idea of the seen and unseen; expanding on her interest in how layering, exposing, deconstructing and repositioning materials interplay - from the tactile folds of the heavyweight canvas to the purposefully irregular cutting of delicate intersecting layers of individually painted fabric.

‘Movement and the unfolding of transitional abstract gestures play an integral role in my work – intertwining these accents allows the introduction of personal histories, disclosure, and informal figurative resemblance to intuitively translate, reveal and form their own narratives.’

The result of this intuitive process, allows Garraud’s work to be self-defining - not confined to a linear artistic approach, which comes through in her dynamic, considered and impactful compositions.