Artist Statement

My practice is rooted in being present in the landscape. Painting outdoors allows me to respond directly to light, movement, place and experience. Working in the studio gives me space to reflect on memory and feeling.

I am interested in how place stays with us, as part of who we are. Living in many places as a child and leaving quickly and suddenly informs this. From Ayrshire , Highlands and then to Glasgow. Because of this, I am shaped by, and interested in, how we carry memory of place in fragments of colour, light, temperature, weather and feeling long after we have left.

My paintings are not records of a single moment, but accumulations of time spent looking, returning and observing. My paintings always remind me of what I was feeling or what I was experiencing in my life at the time. I find comfort and joy in staying still in one place with nature. Painting allows me to bring those memories home with me in a physical presence. 

With a illustration background, these trained skills of drawing and observation are the foundation of each painting. Enjoying the abstraction but always grounded in place.

Libby Walker