Lydia Corbett

Biography

Exhibition Guide
05/09/2009		Devon Open Studios - The Ark,, Rattery
03/11/2008		Girl with a Pony Tail - Meeting House Arts Centre, Illminster, Illminster
Exhibition History
4th July 09		Opening.
10am blessing
11am- 4pm Viewing of new work and studio
1985		First Exhibition, Totnes, Devon, UK
1986		Theatre Royal, Plymouth, UK
1987		InterArt Gallery, Cologne, Germany
		Battle Gallery, Sussex, UK
		Solo exhibition, Nicholas Bolby Gallery, Kent. UK
1989		Sheffield
1989		"Blue and White Still Lives" Francis Kyle Gallery, Mayfair, London
1989-2001		Permanent Show, Francis Kyle Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK
1989-1995		Bi-annual Solo exhibition, Francis Kyle Gallery, Mayfair, London. UK
1995		Solo exhibition, Cider Press Centre, Devon, UK
		Solo exhibition, Camaret sur Aigues, Provence, France.
1996-1998		Annual Solo exhibition of painting, driftwood sculptures and ceramics, Francis Kyle Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK
1996-2000		Permanent show, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, UK
1997-2000		Mensing Art Galleries, Germany
1996-1999		Annual shows, Coombe farm Gallery, Dittisham, Devon
2000		Solo exhibition, Musee de Mougins, France
2000-2008		Solo exhibition, 9 Days of Art, Devon, UK
2003-2008		Annual exhibition, Delamore Arts, Devon, UK
2003		Solo exhibition, Bookcase, Carlisle, UK
2004		solo exhibition, Carlisle,UK
2004		Solo exhibition, T'Art Gallery, Ripon, Yorkshire, UK
2004		Solo exhibition and Lecture Tour, Ventana Gallery, San Antonio, USA
2004		Solo exhibition, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, UK
2005		Solo exhibition, Francis Kyle Gallery, Mayfair, London,UK
2006		Bearn Weise Gallery, Germany
2008		Meeting House Arts Centre Illminster - Girl with a pony tail
		JOURNEYS - THEME SHOWS at Francis Kyle Gallery, London
1990-2000		PROVENCE
1992		SANTA FE
1993		JAPAN
1994		ASSISI, ITALY
1995		GREECE

Statement

My paintings and ceramics, it is said, possess a dreamlike quality born of naivety. The term naivety used to describe her stylistic sense in not to demean, but rather to stress a form that shuns the intellectual.

I like to celebrate a childlike freedom of form which casts off the yoke of our adult material existance. It allows the human form to bend impossibly like the stem of a flower, suggesting deep rooted tangles of emotion.

Abandoning scale and perpective, my paintings interweave human subjects with animals, vegetables, minerals and even Provencal tablecloths, in blissful earthly harmony.

"The paintings begin with a pen and ink drawing. The subject nearly always starts with a tablecloth which, for me, is the landscape. My pen of Indian ink runs away like a river as i fill the page with flowers. These flowers are in one of my many vases that I collect or have made myself. I add watercolour in bright splashes and use the pen again, the ink mingling with the watercolour as I include my other subjects. These will usually be my family, my home in Devon,or in Provence, or any place or experience that inspires me. Finally my story in paint is complete."

I have also added oils to my repertoire, enjoying the challenge of this very different medium. Driftwood has also become a vehicle: beautiful sea-shaped wood will suggest a figure or an animal, a boat,a fish,an angel. These are decorated in egg tempera and joined together to creat a different story in paint.

Another passion for me is pottery. I enjoy making ladies/lamps, pots, cats, and tiles. Always experimenting, I play with glazes and painting ready-made pots and plates.