JONATHAN ROSS - GALLERY 286

'LIE OF THE LAND'

PRESS RELEASE

Lie of the Land 3 oil on canvas 132 x 109

RECENT PAINTINGS BY OLIVIA STANTON JUNE 12 - JULY 30 2010

Returning for her fourth exhibition, Olivia Stanton is one of Gallery 286's most

accomplished and popular artists.

Reviewers of her previous shows have written:

"Her work is landscape-based, but betrays a leaning towards abstraction which tightens the

structure of her paintings substantially. This, coupled with a sophisticated understanding of colour

used both descriptively and decoratively, accounts for the strength of her work. She draws with

lyrical precision and has a real feeling for paint"

Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator

"Her abstract paintings with their rich colour harmonies and flowing shapes based on plant and

landscape forms, natural and manmade, seem lyrical at first sight - full of movement, sunlight

and shadow, with jazzy riffs of colour and pattern. But they also give off the sense of unrest,

even chaos, which is controlled with careful discipline....Shapes and movement are wild, sensuous

and complicated, but the paint is neatly rubbed into the canvas, the contours clear and

controlled. Perhaps it is this contradiction, a feeling of opposing forces at work, that gives the

work its unexpected enigmatic quality".

Jane Rye The Week

The artist’s hard work over many years has paid off and it is a wise person who invests in her

work now, as well as enjoying the paintings, as one day her work will be of far greater value than

it appears today. Olivia Stanton is not just an ordinary professional artist, she is an exceptional

painter. Details of her work will appear in the next edition of “Dictionary of Artists in Great

Britain since 1945” and she well deserves to be there!

Heather Waddell London Art and Artists Guide

GALLERY 286 is at 286 EARL'S COURT ROAD LONDON SW5 9AS

(2 minutes walk south from Earl's Court Tube)

Viewing by appointment or email jross@gallery286 for a Private view invitation

T: 020 7370 2239

PREVIEW THE EXHIBITION AT http://www.gallery286.com/stanton/index.html

Gallery 286 is a private house gallery with a prize-wining garden, a surprising oasis amidst

the bustle of cosmopolitan Earl's Court. Its well-preserved Victorian interior and

welcoming atmosphere make it one of London's most original exhibition spaces.

The garden will be open to the public during Private Views and for the Chelsea and Earl's

Court Festivals.