Helen Mary MacDougall
Throughout the three years of this degree, I have realised there is a
thread running through my work, an interest in personal and cultural
memories and the past. I consider myself a painter, and this year I
have been using oil paints in a traditional manner, slowly building
layers of glazes. I enjoy painting people trying to convey stories,
relationships, and emotions through body language. Here, I have used
works from art history as the inspiration, borrowing the gravitas these
images possess. The figures are then reimagined into a new reality. To
make these paintings contemporary and confuse the realism, I have
superimposed a pattern that blurs the details with misty veiled areas
that push the figures into the background. These patterns have a
connection to everyday modern materials, a layer from the present
that obscures the figures from the past.
Helen has been awarded the University Prize for Fine Art. Awarded by the Art & Design Department to a student who has consistently produced work of a high standard.
Helen has also received 'Commended' for for the Vice Chancellor's Choice Award for Fine Art 2021.
Helen has been awarded the University Prize for Fine Art. Awarded by the Art & Design Department to a student who has consistently produced work of a high standard.
