Zoe  makes abstract paintings, with fresh quirky forms   -   that fundamentally explore the language of colour, the phyisicality of materials and  the process of painting itself.

"My  paintings are often created intuitively, without a clear idea of how the finished work will look. Ranging from fresh, gestural  minimal images to more complex 'landscapes' of paint that are built up slowly over many months.  Inspiration is found in the visual world around me,   from the  cornish landscape, to  anything that catches my eye, from colour combinations in a  scrap of fabric or  marks on the pavement. I am interested in the aesthitic principles of creating artwork.   Ultimately I see the act of painting  as a form of self help, and cure.  I want my  works to feel joyful, uplifiting or in some way positive"

 Zoe was  born in London and began a career teaching  business studies.   As a mature student Zoe studied fine Art/Painting  at UCN Northampton.  She switched careers to  teaching art  in  adult education and community art projects. She has exhibited widely in the UK and has sold works internationally.   Zoe moved to St Ives, Cornwall  in 2010  and founded Barnoon Arts with her husband, Peter Giles in 2015.

RESUME

  •  1995 MSc Sociology of Management, Brunel University
  • 2002 - 2004 Fine Art Painting, UCN
  • 2019 Member of the St Ives Society of Artists
  • 2019  awarded a   residency  at The Global Art Fair,  Gujarat, Northern India where she spent five weeks working alongside artists from all over the world, at the Rann of Kutch arts festival.

NEWS / EVENTS/ EXHIBITIONS

  • Featured in Saatchi Art Curated collection: view full collection here New This Week
  • Artist Interview with Tasmina Perry - We are all creatives  VIEW HERE
  • St Ives Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 13 June  - 30 August 24

LINKS   /    instagram  page   /  facebookSaatchi Online Profile  /

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Everything Is Fragile Series - works on paper

Acrylic on Handmade Paper, A3, A4 sizes

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My Beautiful Neighbourhood

Oil on Canvas 70 x 70x 1.8  cm

£300

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April

 Oil on Canvas 70 x 70 cm 

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Untitled

Oil on Canvas / 60 x 60 cm x 3.8 

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Play

Oil on Canvas, 60 x 80 x 3.8 cm

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Lush

Oil on Canvas - 60 x 80 x 3.8 cm / quality box  canvas 

£300

Notes To Self  (Series)

Small Oil on Canvas 30 x 30  x 3,8 cm

£90

Bloom

Oil on Canvas, 70 x 70 x 1,8 cm

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Garden Party

Oil on Canvas, 100 x 100 cm

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Sky Scanner

Oil on Canvas / 60 x 80 cm x 3.8 

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Midwinter Spring

Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 x 3.8 cm cancas. 2023

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Wondering Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

£600

You Wear The Crown 100 x 100 cm

£600

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Small Components Of Happy small works on canvas, 21 x 14 cm A5 size. From a series of 50 canvas -

£45 each 

Dawn Chorus

Oil on Canvas - 80 x 60 x 3.8 cm

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Summer Haze

 Oil on Canvas, 80 x 60 c 3.8 cm

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Colour Chorus 

Oil on Canvas - 60 x 80 x 3.8 cm / quality chunky canvas with painted edge

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Cosy 

Oil on Canvas  / A1 canvas / black floating frame

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Stripey Stripes 3 

Oil on Canvas / 100 x 100 cm x 3.8 

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Bird Lives

Oil on Canvas / 2021 / A1 size, 60 x 84 cm / in black edged wooden floating frame.

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Vitamins

2021/ Oil on canvas A1 size (60 x 84  x 1.8 cm)  

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