Fiona Goulding: Award Winning Artist (2013)

Fiona is entirely self-taught and it is easy to see why her work is often described as 'exquisite'. Her finely executed oil paintings are influenced by the unequivocal beauty found in nature and the connection she feels with this. She loves to get immersed in nature's detail: its sculptural qualities, nuances of colour and effect of light. Although inspired by Realism, particularly the Dutch artist, Gerrit Dou, she prefers her inspiration to come directly from her own findings and responses to her environment.
 
She has travelled extensively and it is this feeling of being unencumbered that is reflected in her paintings of birds, symbolic of spiritual freedom. Many of these paintings seek to convey the feeling of being in flight.