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Sophie Crichton
Barcelona, Spain
Sophie Crichton, originally from Toronto, currently lives and paints in Barcelona. Crichton caught our attention with a distinctive urban feel to her abstract expressionist paintings that hint at graffiti, tangled wires, posters on walls, and the vibrant life of street culture.
Characterized by bright colors, layers, and expressive lines, Sophie's layers of large gestural lines and spray paint contrast with detailed mark-making. Sometimes she includes symbols and popular iconography, which is not my favorite thing, but it works. Her bright, airy large-scale paintings capture the sunny and free-spirited existence that Sophie recounts as her life in Barcelona.
Sophie describes her process as beginning in a flow state in which she incorporates her body's movements and all the splashes and spills that go along with that. As a painting evolves, she transitions from intuition to intentionality, which involves layers of mark-making.
Check out more of Sophie's work on Instagram: instagram.com/mindfuzzz. We think she's absolutely amazing, and hope that you love her work as much as we do.
Pete Stein
Founder, Galerie Stein
Montreal
Galerie Stein will be presenting several contemporary Abstract Expressionist artists both virtually at GalerieStein.com and in our gallery in Montreal in 2024.
Contact: Pete Stein at peter@GalerieStein.com
