Gill Hickman: The Dance of Life

About

Gill Hickman's inspiration is rooted in environmental textures and also draws from her daily meditation practice. Following an earlier career in teaching, Gill has been a professional artist since 1997 and Director of Skylark Galleries since 2004.

Gill mainly creates abstract embossed collages using fine crafted papers often embellishing them with 24 carat gold leaf. Each piece evolves individually and is hand-made with loving focus and attention. She uses simple geometric shapes to represent balance, harmony and unity. 

Since turning 60, Gill has begun to deviate from these standard forms and her works have become more organic in nature, with flowing threads, rivers or pathways of textured gold or silver traversing the paper.

Included in this show is “Above and Beyond” a textured canvas painting which highlights the fragility of life on earth. A thin blue layer shows our atmosphere, our lifeline. Major scientists say we have just 12 years to tackle the issues of global warming. 

Gill will be at Skylark Galleries 1 in Gabriel’s Wharf on Tueday 8th January and Tuesday  22nd January from 12-5pm. Gill will bring samples of hand-made papers she has collected from around the world and also samples of her embossing materials and looks forward to talking to visitors about her work and materials