Sophie Stilon
Sophie Stilon
David Bowie said: "If you feel comfortable in the field you are working in, you're not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water that you feel you are capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don't feel like your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the right place to do something exciting." That is where these paintings were made.
Beyond that, I don't much like artist's statements, at least not mine. Words are not my medium, so I prefer to see my paintings in other people's reactions.
I live in Seattle, lived for ten years in London, studied in Florence, grew up on Malta.
Since winning a full scholarship to study Fine Art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy from 1991 - 1995, my work has been selected for The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London and I have exhibited in solo shows in Malta and London and group shows in Italy, UK and Seattle. I have also been commissioned for portraits, personal still lifes, pet portraits, and landscapes.