Artists Exhibiting At Our London Art Fair

Bio:

Ellie Bird lives in North London where she was a primary school teacher for twenty years, specialising in art and music. With the onset of the pandemic, Ellie left teaching to pursue her painting passion full time. She had a studio built in her garden and has never looked back.
Self-taught and working with acrylics, Ellie's work focuses predominantly on her love of water and, more recently, has expanded into the world of fluid art techniques.
Ellie won the 2021 Royal Arts Prize with her painting In The Deep and has exhibited her work in and around London.

"My work focusses predominantly on how the mind and body are affected when immersed in water. I'm fascinated by the way light is refracted and reflected, distorting and enhancing colour and shape resulting in the occurrence of natural abstractions. I hope to transport the viewer to a different place as a form of escapism from the real world. I want my paintings to evoke a memory or a dream in which you can lose yourself."

My love of water led me to exploring fluid art techniques where the flow of the paint mimics the flow of water. The result is often unpredictable, but the way the paints flow and interact with each other creates a magical quality which lends itself perfectly to depicting an underwater world. I often add a layer of resin as a topcoat to add another dimension to the work."