Nicola Slattery

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Artist Statement

The subject is almost exclusively figurative and sometimes inspired by fiction or myth and frequently by events or emotions experienced or imagined. I am told that there is a hard to define but universally recognised element within each image that draws the viewer back to look again and again and I hope that this is true. In a word obsessed with analysis and interpretation, especially in relation to art, I do not want to be drawn into providing ready made answers to any questions that my work provokes. I am clear that realism is not what it is about. I simply want to create images which lend serenity and thoughtfulness and which allow any meaning to emerge for the viewers themselves. This meaning will vary from person to person and even from day to day for the same person, as their moods change.
I teach a variety of short art courses in Norfolk, including print making and have written articles for several national magazines, on collagraph, drypoint and other techniques.

Previous Exhibitions

• The John Russell Gallery, Ipswich
  Solo Show
• Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich
  Way markers for Boudiceas footpath
• Norfolk Contemporary Art Society
  Permanent Collection
• New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
  Annual Open Exhibition
• Eastern Open Exhibition, Kings Lynn
• J.D. Wetherspoon, Troll Cart Pub, Gt. Yarmouth
• Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Birmingham
• Oxford Art Society, Oxford Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
  Centenary Exhibition
• Bedfordshire County Council, County Hall
• Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges