Me and the other half have been working incredibly hard for the last 3 month to create our latest exhibition that opens at Vertical Gallery in Chicago on the 2nd March. We have created nearly 30 new original artworks as well as 3 print editions exclusively for the show in the US. All the work will be available online at VerticalGallery.com and more info and a request for an online catalogue can be found here.
Here is a little more info about our show:
‘Two Sides’
‘Two Sides’ is a combined body of work by Contemporary British Artists CopyRight and Gemma Compton. Both artists in their own right, this husband and wife team wanted to explore how their individual artistic practice could be combined into a collaborative project, exploring the ‘two sides’ of relationships.
The work has been curated into 3 sections. A third each for the individual, to showcase their signature style and the other third of the paintings are blending two different artistic practices to create something unique.
CopyRight has combined his roots in Street Art with his dark, romantic narrative to create a Pulp Fiction of strong iconographic artworks. His paintings of strong female figures unite with vivid pop art imagery to examine emotional opposites such as revenge and forgiveness.
Contemporary painter Gemma Compton’s highly stylised works explore ideas of love and loss portrayed through natural form. Her detailed ‘Mother Nature’ portraiture depicts a strong female presence joined with the symbolism of florals, insects and birds to represent the transcendence of life. Gemma creates her artworks mainly in shades of blue which is representative of 18th century porcelain, expressing her own physical fragility after suffering serious injuries in a road traffic accident at the age of 18.
If you have any questions about the work or attending the show then please feel free to contact me direct either through my contact page or via gemmacomptonartist@gmail.com