Sally Trueman's Profile

From: France
Joined: October 28, 2007
www.modernpainters.eu

About sltrueman:

Sally Trueman
Artist’s Statement 2008

The source of inspiration and subsequent imagery in
much of my work is rooted in Toulouse, France; the principle
theme of my art deals with the complexities of
movement, predominantly the hip-hop dancers in the Toulouse
metro.

I want my paintings to disturb the viewer by treating
the movement on the canvas as a witness of life that
has already past: the dancer’s movement fleetingly
captured and sandwiched between heavy texture creates a focus of interest. At the same time, the thin glazes create total emptiness: the dance is over and done with.

Much of my work takes on a strong element of shape
through a combination of abstract and visual forms. It
does not explore the individuality of the dancers but
distils emotion and feeling in a distinctive form.

Drawing and photography are essential aspects of my work. I have to go out and get my own information and bring it back to the studio.

Painting is not an easy option. It is difficult. It’s
about what you perceive, what your emotions are and
the marks you eventually put on canvas. My work is a
constant process of painting, adjusting and repainting.
The process of scraping and wiping down the paint surface, repainting and repositioning gives the canvas a feeling of being overworked. I fail a lot of the time and destroy a great deal of my work. The idea that an
artist can “just do it” is total fiction.

My work is an ongoing exploration of the sensation of
movement and what it means to be alive.

EXHIBITIONS
2008 McNeill Gallery, Hertsmere, U.K. 2007 Edinburgh Art Fair
2007 "Les Grands Chemin", La Liviniere, France
2007 McNeill Gallery, Hertsmere, U.K.
2006 Phoenix Gallery, New York
2005 Summer Art Fair London - Frances Roden Fine Art Ltd
2005 London Art Fair London - Frances Roden Fine Art Ltd
2005 Birmingham, U.K. – Frances Roden Fine Art Ltd
2004 Cruffs, Birmingham- Commission a portrait, London
2004 European Centre of Patchwork – Sallèles d’Aude, France
2004 Galerie Encadra – Paris
2003 Walton Gallery – London
2003 Galerie Encadra – Paris
2003 Galerie Encadra – Paris
2002 Pézenas Galerie, Pézenas, France
2002 Galerie Jiggs, Lézignan, France
2001 Société des Pastellistes de France
2001 International Exhibition of Art – Montreal, Canada
2001 Maison du Chevalier, Carcassonne, France
2000 Maison du Chevalier, Carcassonne, France
1999 Pavilion Gallery Brighton, Sussex. U.K.
1999-1998 Barbara Wood Gallery, (art in the park) Poole, U.K.
1999-1995 L.C. Portraits Only Gallery, Abingdon, Oxford, U.K.
1994-1985 Lewis Gallery, Lewis, Sussex, U.K.
1986-1983 Picturesque Gallery, Haywards Heath, Sussex, U.K.
1979-1978 Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton, U.K.
1986-1977 Pavilion Gallery Brighton, Sussex, U.K.

Awards
2001 International Exhibition of Art – Montreal, Canada (winner of the portrait prize)
2003 Paris – Galerie Encadra (Awarded first prize "l'Art et le Sport" Paris, (for the commissioned portrait of Zinedine Zidane. Paris.)

Public Collections
Brighton Museum, Sussex, U.K.
des Beaux-Arts Carcassonne, France
Maison du Chevalier- Carcassonne, France
The Pavilion Gallery Brighton, U.K.