Overview
ANGELA LIZON
selected by Stewart Geddes PPRWA
Angela Lizon received a BA in Fine Art at Bristol Polytechnic, alongside a postgraduate scholarship at Krakow Academy of Fine Art, Poland. Elected Academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2018, her paintings are influenced by her cultural heritage, a blend of cockney humour alongside Polish folklore and exotica.
In my recent painting practise I have been growing and photographing my own flowers and using the bouquet as a stage or backdrop for an allegorical narrative. Drawing on the language of 17th century Dutch art with it's readymade gravitas, I add kitsch objects, fairies and animated vegetables. My cultural heritage is reflected in the paintings, a blend of cockney humour and Polish exotica influencing the work both atmospherically, emotively and aesthetically. - Angela Lizon
Several years ago, Angela radically changed her work. I recognised this as both a brave, and for her, a necessary decision. Curiously, she seemed to emerge from this dramatic change almost fully formed, and since there's been incremental adjustments as she's gone along. The textures and layers of meaning in Angela's work are interestingly delineated. There's a celebratory element to her paintings - be it the technical issues of painting itself, or in the flowers of her most recent work (which she often grows herself) - but then there's another thing; a darker yet witty undercurrent. I recognise Angela in it.
- Stewart Geddes PPRWA
