Artist Focus: Bobbye Fermie

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We are delighted to present new works available exclusively online by Bobbye Fermie. 20% sales will benefit Bobbye's nominated charity, Bees & Refugees, an environmental conservation organisation which introduces natural beekeeping as a craft & therapy to refugee and local communities in the UK.

"The purpose of painting for me is to be able to create a safe space, so solace is something that I strive for.  I like to think of my paintings as a setting, a home or a place created for the figure inhabiting it. Those figures I usually relate to myself, they aren’t necessarily self portraits, but often an aspect that I find. I am quite a quiet and introverted person and get overwhelmed quite easily. These paintings are a way of creating a space where that is allowed and appreciated which I sometimes find isn’t the case in our current society where often being noticeable and having a bigger voice is rewarded. " Bobbye Fermie

Bobbye Fermie (b. Amsterdam 1990) creates dreamlike watercolours in which she portrays a sense of intimate stillness and softness that she relates to her own characteristics as an introvert. She explores the intimacy of the everyday through imagined characters often in a staged domestic settings. Bobbye completed the post-graduate ‘Drawing Year’ at the Royal Drawing School in 2015, after finishing her BA in Site Specific Art at the Royal Academy of Fine Art Antwerp in 2014. Her work has been exhibited throughout the UK and is currently held at several collections, including the Morritz-Heyman Collection, The Royal Collection and Soho House.

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