Sue Wills

Last week, when I was on holiday in PLymouth, I visited Sue Wills gallery space on the Barbican. I saw her gallery years ago and was inspired by her creative use of colour and variations of work surface.

This is an example of her use of colour. Although it is a sunset which normallys consists of warmer tones including reds, oranges and yellows, she has also added greens and blues into the composition which really makes the other colours pop, creating a more interesting sunset. I also love the use of horizontal paint strokes to create cloud formations and add movement to the water.

This is an exaple of her more creative painted pieces. She collaborates with her husband who is a carpenter to create a large wooden jigsaw, which she uses as her canvas. She then removes pieces of the puzzle to reveal a mirror behind. She has used singular wooden puzzle pieces as a canvas and created a composition on that. Also she has created a coffee table out of a jigsaw puzzle composition by placing it on a short wooden plimph and placing a piece of glass over the top, cut to size.

In her other work, she has used a series of small square canvases and layered them on top of each other on a diagonal, and then painting on a full composition on them.

I really like her style of painting and I like to visit her gallery every opportunity I get because she is constantly coming up with new and creative ideas that inspire me to think outside the box when Im creating pieces.