Lesley Oldaker explores through painting, the transient nature, purpose and interconnecting relationships of random moving figurative groupings and their interaction with the space around them. Exploring current social and political influences adds a narrative to the work and expressing a personal response to co-occupying the space communicates a shared sense of displacement and a question of belonging and relevance within our shared urban environments.The work originates from drawing, photographic and observational studies, enabling the abstraction of the essence of form, space and colour for the paintings.The main medium...more
