
Lavinia Gallie
In
her paintings Lavinia Gallie uses simple geometry and pattern as a
means of animating the canvas or paper. Flat areas of colour are
characteristic, with occasional sharp inflections or contrasts to accent
a point. The initial geometry is offset by a relaxed handling of paint;
a painting is rarely planned too much in advance, as a pictorial idea
will often occur during the process of making, sometimes suggested by
how the paint flows, sometimes by an unusual juxtaposition of colours.