Ella Squirrell
Ella (1995) graduated With a BA in Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art in 2018. She is a multidisciplinary artist working with painting, film, photography and performance. Her primary focus is painting, informed by experiencing the complexity of gender and mixed ethnic identities. Ella is fascinated by observing people, their behaviour, temperament and clothing questioning display and social ‘performance’. Painting semi-fictional portraits in real and imagined scenarios, Ella plays with fact and fiction in an attempt to understand her own sense of 'being'.
Artist Statement
“Play and experimentation are at the heart of my process, investigating how imagery evolves through the act of painting. The element of surprise and chance within painting excites me to capture not only what is seen in a moment but also what is felt, recalled and understood.”
Competitions, Prizes & Awards
(2018) Wilhelmina Barns- Graham Travel to Italy Award
(2018) Falmouth University Purchase Prize
(2018) Longlist- evening standard painting prize
(2019) shortlist - Johnathan Vickers Fine art award
(2019) Shortlist - New English Art club
With subject matter that encompasses soft peaches, ripening tomatoes, the sweeping expanse of a beach, sleeping figures framed by sheets and pillows, arms and hands that support resting heads, the world of Ella Squirrell's paintings expresses a visceral tactility.
Seeming to spring fully formed from thick, assertive and expressive brushstrokes of deep, rich vermilion and powerful, pigmented cobalts, many of Ella's figures and faces are captured in quiet moments of rest, eyes closed and faces slack in repose.
Here are some links to her Instagram, Morgans Falmouth, and New Blood Art.
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