My work is inspired by nature and the play of light and shade on objects which challenges how I view something previously familiar. I am drawn to colour hence my love of the luminous quality of both glass and watercolour paint. I work from my studio in Norfolk but spend part of each year in South Africa, where I grew up. As an artist I am largely self- taught but have benefited from the personal tutorship of Hazel Soan with whom I have painted in Italy and South Africa. My formal training was as a medical practitioner but after studying drawing through the Open College of the Arts I decided to follow my heart and change career! I have exhibited paintings in Norfolk (Eastern Open Exhibition), Cambridgeshire and South Africa and have paintings in private collections in the USA, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. My glass work also uses the vivid colours transmitted through opaque glass and I work with Dichroic glass to make jewellery and sculptural fused glass pieces. I studied techniques of stained glass painting and fused glass work at the inspirational setting of Ely Stained Glass Museum. I enjoy working to commission. Enquiries to: Gail Koopowitz, www.gailex.co.uk Email: Koop@onetel.net Tel: 01366 500 450 |
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