Ruth Hunter

Ruth Hunter works in oils and cold wax to create multi layered paintings imbued with emotion and spiritual contemplation. She is an intuitive artist whose paintings transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness. She jokes that mark making was her first language. When talking to this quiet and introspective artist, you can tell it is also the one she is most comfortable using to express herself.

She works by applying marks, building up, and layering color fields until the imagery presents itself to her. Her subject matter is the figure, but her intent is also to evoke memory through color and light. Although she recognizes herself as a colorist, it is the gestural mark making that builds the work. The compulsive mark making is the construction of the painting, but it is then the color that is the conduit for the emotion. She explains, "I never work with an idea in mind, I just start to paint and let the color guide me. The stories develop as I work. It's very much a conversation between me and the painting." MORE