Abigail Bowen

”I like to say that I paint ‘The Edge of The Rainbow’. The term comes from

Donna Tartt’s novel, The Goldfinch as she describes a space that sits just beyond reality,

where all beauty, magic and art exists.

My paintings are an attempt to conjure this space, to break through this reality and try

and grasp what lies just beyond what we can see. It’s a place that is blurry, shimmering

and impossible to capture. 

In practice, I use layers and layers of thin, runny oil paint to create glowing glazes

of colour that vibrate and change in the light. As I apply each translucent layer I like to

imagine that light and air is caught within the painting, allowing it to breathe and come alive.

I live in Brighton and graduated in Fine Art, Painting from Chelsea College of Art and Design.