Hilary Turnbull
![Picture This - 37x37cm inc frame, mixed media on canvas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53b6c919e4b087906dfe59c2/1553013072411-XDXMOTDF80J4N8L6B8CT/20190318_115402.jpg)
![Comings and Goings - 2018, mixed media on canvas, 67.2x67.2cm including frame](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53b6c919e4b087906dfe59c2/1525986481295-A408WBNWXSSH0JVJDVE2/Comings+%26+Goings+67.2x67.2cm+inc+frame+mixed+media+on+canvas+Feb+2018.jpg)
![Harbour Lights - 67x67cm including frame, mixed media on canvas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53b6c919e4b087906dfe59c2/1525986481835-PKW6VVEAE9AO0EOFLQFB/Hilary+Turnbull-1.jpg)
![Crock of Gold - 37x37cm including frame, mixed media on canvas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53b6c919e4b087906dfe59c2/1553013071810-MFBTL9JCZOG16LQ4AMKZ/Crock+of+Gold+37x37cm+%28framed%29+mixed+media+on+canvas.jpg)
![Composition with Black Square - 86x106cm inc frame, mixed media on canvas](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53b6c919e4b087906dfe59c2/1553076729716-DLJDOY21R1WJ5XZIIYDL/Composition+with+Black+Square+86x106cm+inc+frame%2C+mixed+media+on+canvas.jpg)
![Coming Home - 60x80cm (with frame 65.5x85.5cm) mixed media on wood panel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53b6c919e4b087906dfe59c2/1553123296992-H910HT1MKS1ZTBI1OUZ9/Coming+Home%2C+60x80cm+%28with+frame+65.5+x+85.5cm%29++mixed+media+on+wood+panel.jpg)
"I think of my work as a record of the process of painting and although landscape based is less about a specific time and place and more about memories and emotions evoked at the time and whilst thinking and working.
My paintings go through many stages: few bear any resemblance to the original idea but traces of earlier versions show through. I am interested in shape, colour, tone and texture and although I draw constantly and take photographs, they are an aide memoir. It is the bringing together of the parts into a satisfactory whole that interests me. Memories of places visited, people met and conversations held will often spark an idea. Sometimes I will pursue a particular series of shapes because it allows me the freedom to explore the endless possibilities of different colour combinations and the balancing of large and small areas. I start with an idea and allow the painting to lead, working intuitively. This way the work evolves on the canvas over days, weeks or months gathering texture and layers.
I have exhibited in London and the South West including Royal West of England Academy, currently have work with the Bils & Rye Gallery in North Yorkshire and take part in the bi-annual Wylye Valley Art Trail Open Studios"