With Colour + Space, Paula Sanders shares a group of oil paintings made over the last 12 months, along with smaller works on paper dating from 2020.
Sanders responds to “what’s there” as a personal record of how we live, rather than setting out to formally arrange a group of objects. In this, she endeavours to hold on to something that has resonated in some way, whether personal, emotional, funny, or revealing - and enjoys the anticipation of recording it before that something changes.
For this exhibition, Sanders’ oil paintings will be accompanied by sculptures in steel, perspex, wax, and more by Canadian sculptor Sheila Vollmer.
Building her forms musically in space, Vollmer’s abstract studies of architectural structures and natural systems of growth can’t help but transmit a delicate sense of familiarity that perfectly complements Sanders’ nostalgia for the present.
“My interest lies in exploring my everyday surroundings where familiar spaces, a window view, the sleeping dog, and various treasured objects, seen in incidental and surprising arrangements, all become compelling subjects for painting.
Colour is key to the work and often sparks an idea and a desire to get something down quickly. My aim is that these visual responses ring true and capture my initial excitement.”
- Paula Sanders
