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The paintings selected for this exhibition mark significant stages in the development of my practice over the last few years.
What began initially as a response to the natural world and in particular the processes at work along the coast has since developed into an approach that is now almost entirely process based. Here my concerns lie only with the works' own materiality: it is as if the making of the work has become the work itself.
Exploration of the materials involved in the physical construction of what is commonly perceived to be a painting has led me to create work on the boundary between that and other art forms. For example, the absence of paint in the woven canvases and the absence of canvas in the wooden constructions suggest associations with textiles and sculpture.
Working at the edge of the medium has been a major preoccupation in my current practice, and through an ongoing exploration of materials and processes I have strived to redefine what, for me, are painting's boundaries. Throughout this process an interesting parallel has emerged from my early interest in the coastal landscape, itself an edge, a place where land meets sea: its appearance reflecting a constantly changing dialogue between the two.
Claire Winfield 2009
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