
Adelaide Shalhope
It's All True
oil and mixed media on paper
45x58cm, unframed
Estimated shipping UK £50, International £100
£550 + p&p at point of sale
Throughout my adult life I have sought to go willingly into the unknown. This is a continual struggle to recognise that embracing my own vulnerabilities allows me to fully release my imagination. I simply try to listen. I respond. I play. I express, hide, repress, awaken, retreat, and express, again. Each mark, each gesture, is intuitive - a moment of experimentation that begets another. Each piece of work is the unknown communicating itself into being – a bringing forth the often unruly and strange beauty that exists in our world.
I'm an American/British visual artist living and working in Scotland. I began my art career over 15 years ago working with textiles, but drastically changed my practice upon my move to the UK in 2009, with a shift towards mixed media and painting, which is now my primary work. I am also a meditation teacher.