Boulton’s paintings are nature morte of flora. Flowers are memento mori. They are fulsome and life affirming but are fleeting, reminding us of the ephemeral nature of life. The acknowledgement of passing time is central to Boulton’s work, both in subject matter and through the building up of layers of paint over time. She thinks of her paintings as timelines on a tree, each layer holds it’s own memories and is integral to the finished piece. Boulton often works in series responding to historical references within this genre.
Boulton’s paintings are nature morte of flora. Flowers are memento mori. They are fulsome and life affirming but are fleeting, reminding us of the ephemeral nature of life. The acknowledgement of passing time is central to Boulton’s work, both in subject matter and through the building up of layers of paint over time. She thinks of her paintings as timelines on a tree, each layer holds it’s own memories and is integral to the finished piece. Boulton often works in series responding to historical references within this genre.
Boulton paints from the memory, developing abstract sensibilities through colour and form, whilst responding to her current feelings. Her desire to respond to the memory of the initial image is eventually abandoned as the work writes it’s own narrative in the layers of paint and marks.
She employs a responsive working process: one mark leads onto the next, as the painting evolves she adds and removes paint and turns the canvas to destabilise her process. Compositional tensions evolve through gestural marks juxtaposed next to carefully painted lines. She deliberately leaves traces of each layer visible, revealing the paintings journey. Sometimes she paints from the same memory over and over again noting how the present filters and manipulates the memory. She combines feelings and both conscious and unconscious responses via the process of painting.
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2019 Double Time, Two person Exhibition, Arthouse1, London
2015 Off Line On Line, Two person Exhibition, Studio 1.1, London
2012 Lost In The Middle, Solo Exhibition, New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge
2011 Outside In, Madame Lillies Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London
Group Exhibitions
2020 This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London
'Beating Time', ARB, Cambridge University
2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Creekside Open, APT Gallery, London
’Re-purpose/Reverse’, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London,
2017 Summer Salon, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
‘Bring Something Pink’, Look and Listen, Saint Chamas, France
'Painting Now', Studio 1 Gallery, London
'Storyboard', Lubomirov/Angus Hughes, London (co-curated)
'Deep Space', Studio 1.1, London
2016 'Bring Something Pink', Look and Listen, Espace Despalles, Paris
Summer Salon, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, London
Overview Effect, Lewisham Art House
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Correspond, The Artworks, Halifax, Rye Creative Centre, IR11, Edinburgh
This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London
Fulcrum, ARB, Cambridge University
2015 Firstsite Open
Zeitegiest Arts Project, Summer Exhibition, London
2014 Red X Mas, Studio 1.1, London
Correspond, Turps Art School, London
Zeitegiest Arts Project, Summer Exhibition, London
2013 Cloud Chambers, Mayors Parlour Gallery, London
Zeitegiest Arts Project, Summer Exhibition, London
2011 Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London
Salon Art Prize, Matt Roberts Arts, Vyner Street, London
2010 Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London
2009 All things said, The Shop Gallery, Cambridge
Education
2012 - 2015: Turps Banana Art School - Correspondence Course
1991 - 1994: Sheffield Hallam University - BA (Hons) Art History
