Artist’s Statement 

My painting makes connections between places, memories and perception, working intuitively between drawing, abstraction and figuration.  Although primarily landscape based, it explores the interconnectivity between humanity and the natural world, our social history, belief systems and practices, and the slippages between the known and unknown.

It is grounded in my island home of Guernsey, but is concerned with human connections that are universal, such as loss and desire, displacement and marginalisation, community and otherness. Landscape is not presented as a picturesque view, but as immersive - a series of signs that focus on the fragility of life, both human and non-human. Drawing in the landscape is often my starting point. It makes me think about past events that have shaped the environment, the people and stories, and the atmosphere of the site.

Responding to the shapeshifting nature of oil paint seems a way of reaching something new, using both chance and intention and tapping into the embodied senses and emotions. Elements of the drawings seep into the paintings back in the studio. A work is complete when it feels emotionally charged and autonomous, but resists an instantaneous reading, inviting the viewer to make their own connections.

Artist’s Bio

Fiona Richmond (b. Guernsey, Channel Islands) is a painter living and working in Guernsey. She has had solo exhibitions in Guernsey and Stockton on Tees, and has been included in group exhibitions at venues including the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, CCA Galleries International, Jersey, Candid Arts Trust, Islington, and the Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham. In 2021 she was awarded the Guernsey Arts Open Prize.

She is part of Split Collective which is a group of painters and sculptors who met through Turps Banana Art School in 2024/25.

Fiona holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Art (Fine Art) and Art History from Middlesex University.