Working from her rural studio in North Essex, Louise Butler Adams paints contemplative still lives in oil with a complex and rich colour palette. There is a taut contrast in her paintings between the acutely observed domestic objects that occupy the foreground and the more abstract forms and areas of colour in the background. In some of her works these backgrounds are suggestive of landscapes, however these areas are never over-defined, they become spaces into which the viewer can dream.
Talking about her recent work the artist says: "These paintings have grown from a love and absorption of home. The objects collected, treasures brought home from walks, stones and glass, pieces held from generations before." There are stories embodied in these objects, a sense of the patina of time as well as traces of history, these aspects are all subtly referenced in her paintings.
Louise Butler Adams studied painting at the Royal Academy and has had various solo exhibitions in London. She lives and works near Saffron Walden in Essex.
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Maeve Polkinhorn
Independent Curator