Kirsten Basram

I am deeply connected to Cornwall and my wider Celtic roots. I grew up in Falmouth and returned to live in Cornwall in 2012. I work from my home studio near Redruth.

I make luminous, multi-layered paintings evoking my experience of the Cornish landscape and weather and my own inner emotional and spiritual landscapes. I imagine them acting as portals or abstract icons for the viewer, taking them to a spiritual place of rest. I want my paintings to exist as objects of beauty and intrigue with their multi-layered surfaces full of depth, texture, intriguing marks and rich colour.

Landscape as a physical and spiritual reality is the thread that runs through my work and whilst some of my work is more abstract, I return to landscape as it is important to me to communicate the fragility and value of this earth and in particular, Cornwall.
I hope my art enables you to enter in to these “thin places” where heaven and earth meet, and you lose yourself in the layers of colour and subtle texture.