Louise Morgan Art

My work has been compared to Jazz.... At first glance a seemingly unrelated collection of artistic expression that coalesces to form a unified whole.

I work with ink and watercolour to create miniature landscapes, with acrylic or oil to create large abstracts and I work with photography as inspiration and as an artform in its own right.

I create miniature water colours inspired by the skies I see everyday and landscapes stored within a lifetime of memories.

My aim is to create a dialogue between my work and viewer that triggers memories and feelings that are buried deep within the subconscious and in the same way as looking at a photograph they unearth forgotten memories; a shared glimpse into the past.

As a child we stored many of our photos as slides and my recollections of holding up those small squares to the light and discovering the secrets hidden withIn those tiny pieces of magic, compel me to emulate the experience and share the beauty and simplicity of the landscape.

My paintings demand close viewing; they manipulate the viewer by bringing them to within a few centimetres of the painting and by allowing the image into their personal space, it creates an intimate encounter and forges a relationship.

These tiny landscape paintings appeal to people's curiosity and they are drawn in to investigate. The proximity of the image excludes all else and the viewer is pulled into the image.

The paper I use to paint on is thick, creamy and tactile. Each piece is torn; the edges unique. The paintings are framed in such a way to make the painting appear to be floating within the frame. The lack of a boundary, the ripped edge, allows the viewers mind to wander, to recall their own memories; perhaps from their own childhood, a glimpse from a train window, a mind photo; triggering a feeling of recognition, of déjà vu, a shared memory.

 Something known but mysterious and paradoxically familiar

 A chance encounter

 The empty space of the boundary

 Ephemeral

 Intimate

 Poignant