Pippa Meddings
I look to record the way light falls, form, shape and colour; I try to distil the essence of what I see and make an emotional record of this time and place. Back at my studio I work experimentally in acrylic paint from my sketches, photographs and memories, contrasting translucent glazes with heavier opaque layers, making loose expressive brushstrokes and scratching back into the surface I have created to reveal a glimpse of what is beneath.
I originally worked as a Footwear Designer in London, after gaining a degree in Footwear and Accessories Design from Cordwainers College at London College of Fashion. Before this I went to Herefordshire College of Art and Design. A much anticipated return to Herefordshire after nearly a decade in London gave me the opportunity to develop my artistic practice.