Biography
Inspired by life experience and environment, Bella's work exhibits her strong sense of place and time which she hopes to convey in her distinct narrative. Her abstract and semi abstract pieces invite the viewer to join her in the story. Formative years saw the maternal side of her family working in fabric and wool which she has carried through into her art practise, sometimes using fabric and textures which 'sew' together the piece. It is the edges of a situation; the parting of one state and the way it threads to the new which is best described in her recent practise.
Fine Art at Bath and Printmaking at Wiltshire College have been her main body of study with a return to ceramics in a private studio in Frome with work exhibited in various galleries including The Officers' Club, Bath; The Paintworks Bristol and MOMA Wales.
Starting out as an oil painter, but working most recently in printmaking, namely collagraph; Bella finds herself beguiled landscapes both literal and emotional. This is her conversation with it.
"I believe it is the job of an artist to open a dialogue with the viewer; to depict the scene not as a photograph, but as an idea or thought. It doesn’t have to be a strong or powerful image, but it does need to have some quality which describes some human interaction or passing of though, be it in abstract or landscape space and time. I hope that in art I have achieved this"
