These paintings are inspired by outside spaces close to where I live in the Southside of Glasgow.
I was introduced to Anna Bjerger’s work during the One Day Painting course and fell in love with the way she handles paint, the movement and immediacy of the brushmarks make her paintings so fascinating and magical. I love Richard Diebenkorn’s use of colour, light and contrast, and delving back a bit further, the luscious brushwork of Mary Cassatt and Edouard Manet. These painters apply paint in a tangible, visceral way that I find utterly compelling.
Biography
Tinsel Edwards lives and works in Glasgow. Born in the Midlands in 1979, she completed her Fine Art BA at Goldsmiths College, London in 2001. Tinsel has exhibited widely across the UK and Europe. In 2012 she co-founded A-side B-side Gallery and Studios in Hackney, London, prior to that she was a singer in The Fairies Band, writing and performing with the group for 7 years. Banksy is a collector and invited Tinsel to create artwork for Dismaland in Weston-super-Mare in 2015, other notable artist collectors include Cathie Pilkington RA and Bill Woodrow RA.
