Irene Watson : Contemporary Abstract Artist

Irene Watson (°1966, Dundee, United Kingdom) is a contemporary abstract artist who mainly works in oil on linen or canvas. With a subtle minimalistic approach, often described as post-minimalist, Watson creates intense personal moments masterfully created by means of rules and omissions, acceptance, and refusal, luring the viewer into an aesthetic experience.

Her current body of paintings establishes a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its conceiver.  By applying abstraction, she creates work in which a fascination with the clarity of content and an uncompromising attitude toward the personal experience can be found. The work is at times aloof and cool and neutral imagery is used, yet it remains a reference for the feminine, the gentle, and the sublime.