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ArtEvol 2025 / Judy Clarkson
Environment , 2025 Oil on canvas 152 × 122 × 3 cm
Judy Clarkson was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and studied Fine Art at St Martin’s School of Art in London. Clarkson’s practice centres on oil painting and regular drawing from life, with the human face and figure serving as primary inspiration. Through these subjects, Clarkson questions assumptions of identity and gender within an alienating and transformative digital arena. Compositions often suggest implied drama, presenting subjects caught in moments of tension or uncertainty, leaving interpretation open to viewers. Paintings are densely layered in oil, building subjects almost sculpturally, realistic at a distance yet revealing fluid brushwork up close.
Artwork Introduction
Reaching into the interstices of self, confounded by the external, Environment examines the carapace of flesh as opposed to the framework of the perceived world. A nude figure clutches her face in grief, her bare foot touching grass, while a computer chair and window suggest an interior space. Yet the aperture opens onto another figure slipping from view, creating an unstable boundary of inside and outside. The monumental body both binds and enfolds her, embodying fragility and strength. Questioning our status as controllers of our own fate and our understanding of the world we inhabit, Environment requests the viewer to inhabit and respond to the deep emotional eddies of the imagery.
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