International Women's Day: Three Royal Academy Artists

About

Amy Petra Woodward considers the role of investigation and a record of observation. A drawing outlines a space for pieces of colour – tones that remind her of settings, objects and a time of day, often nightfall. Preparatory drawings, both figurative and abstract, are often lifted from everyday life such as the human body, plants and effects of fire, air and water. Transposing a drawing into painting gives way to new meaning as the lines of an initial drawing are re-examined through careful overpainting.

Luey Graves is a London based artist, who studied at the Slade and the Royal Academy Schools. Her paintings feature female protagonists/archetypes, such as Mary or Artemis, in uncomfortable landscapes or situations; she considers her work a personal response to art history as a traditionally male dominated canon, through the specific lens of being female.

Nancy Milner's paintings contain space that is present and weighty as well as space that is more ephemeral, conveyed by the relationships of colour, line and touch. Compositions are arrived at through drawings, whilst colour is worked out through a slow process of building and layering. The finished works are an accumulation of the time taken to make them, a manifestation of thinking, memory and experience that have been made sense of in the space of painting.

The artworks are available for purchase, with 25% of sales donated to NIA Ending Violence.

Visiting the exhibition:
Visitors and guests at the hotel can arrange to visit the exhibition in Biblio through the hotel reception team or in advance by emailing info@trafalgarstjames.com.

On 8th March, from 6.30pm-9pm, media are invited to a special launch event for the exhibition where there will be a chance to hear from and meet the artists. Please do get in touch with willa@mason-williams.com if you are interested in attending or would like to arrange a media visit at another time.