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ARTPIQ proudly presents this painting, "Happy Hour" by Millie Kelly, available at price on request. Original Painting: Oil on canvas.
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Artist about this work:
The focus of my recent series of paintings are the humble, verminous, city-dwelling pigeons. The pigeons in my paintings are semi self portraits, becoming caricatures, representations of my feelings and actions. I see myself in their scatty, manic mannerisms and their constant migration through London. Moving in their masses, they mirror our daily commute. The pigeons take on a range of human emotions in my paintings, anthropomorphised particularly through their gaze. I orchestrate these birds in my paintings as if choreographed - fighting, dancing, frolicking with one another. Given they are such an ever-present part of our city, I feel they become unnoticed unless they’re missing a foot, or defecating on passer bys. I provide these birds with a status outside of their usual stereotype as vermin, or rats with wings. I seek beauty, humour and calm in these pigeons. I describe their forms and iridescent feathers by mixing a sumptuous palette of warm, cool, crisp and dirty greys and place them within dream-like, whimsical settings.
My paintings are joyous - they are celebrations of painting! Painting, for me, is therapeutic, challenging, emotional and most importantly provides me with a sense of belonging and self-worth. I want energy and passion to pour through a finished painting, and once that’s achieved, I feel a sense of peace and joy. There is naivety and humour in my paintings projected intentionally through disproportionately drawn characters and often garishly painted elements. These methods take me back to a child-like way of painting or drawing where ‘play’ becomes the sole reason for creating. Working like this, for me, frees up any restrictive, conceptual boundaries and I can therefore paint or draw in more playful manner.
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