Artist's Statment - Laura Buckley

My work is concerned with the process by which painting is redefining itself. I am interested in questioning the hierarchy of the painted surface by using a combination of artist quality and non-art materials. Some of the paintings are derived from cut plywood or MDF while others have been made from antique shutters.

My painting echo fragments of the structures in which people are contained. Intense colour is rejected to evoke a relaxed, meditative state of mind. Emphasis is placed on the subtleties of surface texture. By addressing the near, the low and the common, I am promoting the value of small things.

My work may be categorised as painting installation. I question the limits of a piece by mediating between painting and sculpture. Painting travel around corners or out onto the floor. I employ reflective surfaces and deconstructed windows to comment on the relationship between painting and life.