Artist Shazia Mahmood revisits a rare 2000 chromatography painting, exploring process-based technique and the MFA training that shaped her visual language.
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2026: The Story So Far
There's a particular kind of satisfaction in looking back at the first three months of the year and seeing the work has found its homes.
Ten original paintings and two framed prints of The Witterings have gone out into the world since January.
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The 8 Artists Who Shaped My Vision
Throughout my thirty-year career as a painter, certain artists have acted as guiding lights—not because I want to paint like them, but because they've shown me what's possible when you're brave enough to push boundaries, to trust your materials, and to believe that painting still has something vital to say. Here are my 8 artist influences.
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Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell: Intuition and Control
Joan Mitchell was a big influence on me as an art student. Why? Because she was the first to do crazy things with paint—to really do things with it, to make it move and sing and shout.
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Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville: The Master of Everything
You could sit with a Jenny Saville for the rest of your life and still be surprised by what she has done with the paint. She's constantly pushing boundaries, challenging our perceptions of what painting is today and its relevance in our image-saturated world.
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Fiona Rae
Fiona Rae: Precision in Abstraction
Fiona Rae puts ideas of abstraction to the test and wins every time. Her work taught me that intuitive painting doesn't mean uncontrolled painting; it means being so in tune with your process that every mark, however spontaneous it appears, is exactly right.
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