JILL MIRZA
‘Below The Acropolis, with Cypress’
8 x 8 in / 20.3 x 20.3 cm Acrylic on Canvas 2012
This painting is a snapshot image from travelling in Greece. When I started making
these small paintings I was involved in creating what I call ‘patchwork’ paintings, large
works made up of an arrangement of smaller images. I decided that many of these
images were very interesting as stand-alone pictures. Working on this small scale makes
me use simple gestures and keep the marks fresh and telling. The paintings themselves
make very satisfactory objects and work very well when a number of them are hung
close together.
these small paintings I was involved in creating what I call ‘patchwork’ paintings, large
works made up of an arrangement of smaller images. I decided that many of these
images were very interesting as stand-alone pictures. Working on this small scale makes
me use simple gestures and keep the marks fresh and telling. The paintings themselves
make very satisfactory objects and work very well when a number of them are hung
close together.
