Oil on Board.

Painting size: 30cm x 23cm

Esther is a visual artist based in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire.  She has a workspace at Juice Studios on Humber Street, Hull.  Since graduating from Kingston University, South London, she has completed artist residencies in schools and galleries, producing new artwork and delivering workshops to pupils, teachers, and the public.  

From January 2023 - January 2024, she was awarded a bursary to undertake the one - year drawing development course at the prestigious Royal Drawing School, London.  This opportunity offered a new development in her work with a new exploration of Still – Life, as a vehicle to explore many of her own theories and teachings.  The Still - Life became a poignant exploration of composition, colour, form, and tone. 

Esther, a long-time admirer of Lesley Doe's ceramics work, was eager to develop new paintings in collaboration for this exhibition at Studio Eleven.  In addition to exploring formal aspects of the genre, Lesley’s work has brought with it a palpable softness (paradoxical to the robust materials she works with).  This sense of softness, harmony and balance is something Esther has successfully brought into her own work.