Louise Ventris

Louise is a Yorkshire-based artist, who explores her creativity through painting, immersing herself in the exploration of urban townscapes. Louise draws inspiration in moments of "dead time" such as being stuck in traffic or caught in gridlock. Louise observes the world capturing the essence of these fleeting moments through her art.

Louise uses the journey as a metaphor, with vehicles pushing through urban streets. The work reflects that sense of isolation and solitude that often accompanies these journeys, while also conveying the underlying stress and complexity of our relationship with time.

Louise works intuitively with oil paint, building up layer after layer and selectively scraping back. Moving forward and refining the work. The paintings become a space of convergence and divergence sliding between realism and abstraction.

Louise has exhibited her work in various open and group exhibitions, including Society of Women Artist exhibition June 2024, Contemporary Six ‘Coalescence’, Mercer Open, Leeds Summer Show, and the Old Parcels Office in Scarborough. Her work was selected for the group show ‘Prized 2023’ She has recently become an associate member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. In January 2024 she had her first solo show at the Mercer in Harrogate.