Erin Lawlor - Opening Scene

Erin Lawlor, a native of England who recently lived and worked in Paris for many years, is gaining increasing recognition through her international exhibitions.

In her painting, she successfully redefines gestural abstraction with a focus on creating interstitial spaces. She achieves this through a viscous flow, a broad, sweeping application of wet, diluted paint from a palette of dark yet floral colors (acid green, murky purple, fleshy pink). This darkness is punctuated by bright, delicate moments. Although the works are always in oil, the surface appears chalky, matte, and light-absorbing. The remarkably intense colors seem muted at first glance. The broad brushstrokes give the works the intimacy of a sketch and the weight of a monument.

The paintings appear in an indeterminate scale; they feel larger or smaller than their actual size, creating an illusion of space.