The Artist
Barbara Sykes
was born in Doncaster in 1944. She worked for many years as a
textile designer for two Manchester studios. She later combined
raising three children with freelance design.
In 1989 she
returned to full time education and in 1993 she graduated from
Bretton, Leeds University with a B.A Hons Degree in fine art.
Also in that year, she was selected to be a studio holder with
the Dean Clough artists in Halifax.
She has held
workshops, lectured and participated in open studios. She has
exhibited extensively in both municipal and private galleries.
Her work is in public and private collections in the UK, France,
America, Slovenia & Malaysia.
Barbara's
work is considered meditation on the 'human condition' from birth
to death. Of her work Barbara says:
"By
pouring and staining the paper the paint is allowed to ebb and
flow organically, suggesting the visceral, never dogmatic but
rather evocative of our own uncertain relationship with our
own bodies."
As apparently
simple statements, her work sets up a duality, whereby on one
hand, it clearly describes its subject whilst on the other, undermines
the same subjects stability through nuanced and intelligent drawing.
She uses water-based
paints and charcoal as her medium.
Barbara graduated
from Bradford University in 2005 with an M.A. in Printmaking.
Barbara can
be contacted at:
The Hollows,
Shore Edge,
Shaw, Oldham OL2 8LJ.
By telephone
at: 01706
846 235.
By mobile
phone at: 07887 950 946.
By email:
enquiries@barbarasykes.com
More of Barbara's
work can be seen on her website at: http://www.barbarasykes.com.
