Tricia Crowther

Tricia Crowther trained at Winchester School of Art in the 1980’s. It was here she learned her love of painting: the physicality of paint remains one of her central pre-occupations to this day.

Her experience of living in St Ives with its rich artistic traditions also still informs her practice. Her paintings are a result of a process of ‘mark and response’, using gestural and intuitive mark making techniques. The process is slow partly because of the drying rates, however this allows time to make critical decisions.

Collage is a relatively new discipline, but it still uses the same mark and response and critical thinking. Tricia uses vintage papers as well as making her own. She likes the quality of the surfaces and subtlety of the colours. She is drawn to surface, texture and colour. The heart of her work is a consistent reference to abstract principles- line, tone, colour, rhythm and pattern. Edges of shapes, clarity of line, movement and balance all contribute. “It could be described as visual assonance or dissonance -indeed this imbalance is absolutely necessary to achieve a finished work.” 

Tricia has previously been awarded winner of The Pallant House Open competition and her work is held in many public and private collections.