Chloe’s paintings are a mediation between the subconscious, the body and the vegetal, the garden. She employs images from a history of art, known mostly through painting, from books that narrate strange orders of the world (Observer books, found catalogues and gardening manuals), and from her regular drawing practice. Chloe says of her new works, ‘The paintings are working on a symbolic and felt level, and at this point in my practice feel like they might be beginning to speak a bit.’ 

Chloe Bonfield teaches and works in painting, sound and text in Cornwall in the UK.