Bonnie Sommerville

Bonnie doesn't work in response to a strategy or system, which would provide a structure or starting point. She works intuitively and is process driven; each layer of paint is applied in response to the last layer applied. She's not interested in concepts, subject matter or themes, preferring technical and painterly aspects. Of great importance is the physicality of the painted gesture. Mark making techniques and formal painterly concerns are important in her work. She is concerned with deliberate and less controlled paint application. One method is conscious mark making, whereby she is deliberate and in close proximity. The other is less controlled and more at a distance, by pouring and dribbling. This process of painting feels like being engaged and detached from it.