Joyful semi-abstract and abstract landscapes

Polly is an emerging British painter whose abstract and semi-abstract landscapes explore themes of escapism and connection. Her focus is concerned with how it feels to be within a landscape rather than depicting a realistic representation. Through her paintings, which tend to be characterised by free and loose compositions, full of colour and gestural, expressive marks, Polly seeks to express the pleasure one feels by simply being outside and how this can bring snippets of joy to day to day life. Her paintings are created intuitively, with colour often being the starting point for a painting and a way in which to explore an emotive response to landscape. 

‘Music, poems, landscape and dogs make me want to paint… and painting is what allows me to survive.’ (Joan Mitchell)