Elena Barber

Elena Barber creates utterly beautiful works that contain poetic, divine markings & shapes that tell a story, whilst creating a harmonious picture of a moment in time or feeling. ⁣

Her slow, meditative approach to painting clearly shows in the serenity that emanates from her work; a perfect balance of stillness within movement.

Elena completed an Art Foundation in her hometown of Falmouth and continued her practice at Chelsea College of Art where she graduated with a BA in Fine Art in 2019. 

Her practice circulates around the ideas of recycling marks and gestures that exist within drawings of places and memories, forming narratives of fragmented shapes composed on unprimed porous canvas. 

Elena’s ongoing fascination with fluid calligraphic strokes, evolve from personal notes that make their way into her paintings, balancing and harmonising compositions, whilst slowing the eyes of the viewer.

“I often refer to my paintings as growing, I suppose with this I am acknowledging the influence of nature and time. The importance and inevitable cycle of growth, breathing and passing on are all notions I consider when painting. Through painting I want to give an appreciation of circular narratives”