Lucy Cade

Portraiture and film narrative are a vehicle for - and expression of - human connection in my work. Oval supports evoke more human shapes than rectangles or squares; they also have a sense of corner-less continuation, both physically and historic...

Portraiture and film narrative are a vehicle for - and expression of - human connection in my work. Oval supports evoke more human shapes than rectangles or squares; they also have a sense of corner-less continuation, both physically and historically, evoking oval portraiture from ancient Roman cameo brooches to Victorian family photographs and their idealised portrayals of women. Alla prima brushwork combined with chance interactions of spilt paint indicating body and gesture embody mental and emotional states. Working from an extensive archive of film references to female experience, I evoke a nostalgic, dreamlike world, uplifting my female protagonists.