Exhibition: Freya Platts Costeloe

Weds 15th May 6pm-9pm

Growing up on the Caribbean island of Antigua, I have always felt a deep connection to light and colour within my creative practice.  Moving back to England, I am currently studying Fine Art at Bath Spa University and continue to paint from my home in the South West. My diverse upbringing has meant that I am constantly searching for new experiences and environments to enrich my artistic vision. Painting is a dance where I move with the medium’s materiality rather than against it.  Making every mark count, I am constantly trying to say more with less, letting brushstrokes speak for themselves no matter how quiet their voice.
Beyond specific individuals, moments or situations, my paintings have room for all bodies, all souls. Like the diversity of human experience, every painting and subject is unique. Strangers, lovers, friends and family, inside we are not so different after all. We are bodies interweaving and entangled together, trying to understand how to be in a world that constantly wants us to do.