Juliet Guillon

Juliet Guillon is a full-time oil painter from Birmingham. She produces images of the world around her; landscapes, portraits and still-lifes are all encompassed. Artistically, she is often pulled in two opposing directions: the first influenced by the geometric, restrained measurements of painters such as Coldstream and Uglow; the second by the freely emotional strokes of artists like Kossoff and Soutine. Combining the two styles, Juliet firstly maps out the composition, working from sketches and photographs where it is not possible to work from life, and then she applies colour, building the surface into a patchwork of paint. The artist’s aim is to offer the viewer a recognisable, yet emotional, experience of an everyday scene, such as dense foliage within a garden or a moment of calm down a suburban street.