Elaine Woo MacGregor

Website: http://www.elainewoomacgregor.com

Email: elainewoomacgregor@gmail.com

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Statement

My latest work is a series of figurative and narrative paintings. With portraits, I am drawn to capturing expressions with a quality of psychological intimacy. My subjects are people in my personal life, affording me the opportunity to observe, interpret and mediate their natural demeanour. I am drawn to looking at physical spaces and props to create a Painters world.
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The process of drawing and painting is very important to me. I like to spend time connecting with the subject, making studies, constructing and deconstructing an image, and experimenting with different end results. My approach to painting is not linear; most of the time it is quite abstract and I feel as a result of this rigorous - and at times - volatile working method, my painting is emotively charged.
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I have always been attracted to the thought-provoking qualities of narrative work by painters like Georges Braque, Edouard Vuillard, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Tove Jansson and Samuel Palmer. My work also references contemporary culture, arts and crafts movements and children's literature.
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My experiences in motherhood has influenced my sketchbook work and subject matter. However, I am not interested in creating sentimental art, but capturing a force and dynamism within a world of childhood.

Biography

Elaine was born in Edinburgh and studied at Glasgow School of Art. She now lives in Linlithgow, West Lothian, and works in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

CV

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