A hotel room might not be the most obvious place to paint. Gunilla Backelin disagrees.
For years, she has brought paintings with her when staying at a hotel in southern Sweden. Some she has painted there, others she has hung on the walls or placed around the room, just to see them somewhere new.
One day, the cleaning staff walked in while she was in the middle of painting. Instead of wondering what on earth she was doing, they asked if they could buy one.
Gunilla lives and works in Stockholm, and her paintings tend to move around with her. Her paintings are abstract, but they have a way of making you look for things. A figure, a landscape, something you almost recognise. Look again and it might be something else.
This autumn, we’re very happy to welcome Gunilla Backelin to UMA Gallery.
SHADES
Gunilla Backelin
Opening Saturday, 17 October, 12–17 – meet the artist!
On view 17 October–5 November