Rebecca Hossack Gallery is pleased to announce Touch, an exhibition of thirteen new paintings by New Zealand-based artist, Holly Zandbergen, which explores colour and mark-making through alternating subjects of mountains and flowers. 

Using an impasto application of paint, variables such as speed, force and motion activate endless possibilities within each mark to represent the strong and opposing forms of mountains and the fragility and impermanence of flowers.

‘No matter which subject I am painting, I am still interested in the idea of how form exists in space, how this can be experimented with through paint application and how colour can create a sensory experience for the viewer.’

– Holly Zandbergen

Although naturalistic in their subject matter, the paintings also cross over into moments of abstraction. Up close, the eye sees an array of colour and a multitude of painted layers, but when moving back, the individual marks consolidate into a recognisable form. Zandbergen’s trust in instinct and intuition has become a driving force of the series as a whole and has allowed her to take a playful approach to painting.

Show Dates: 12th of November - 10th of December

Opening Night: 14th of November, 6-8pm

Address: Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 28 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 2NA