The focus of Patricia Paolozzi Cain’s work is the intricate weave of a hedge, the complex architecture of a dockyard, or an abstracted landscape distilling a place into colour and form. Beneath Cain’s images there is always the pure energy of drawing. Cain explores how our minds construct meaning from what at first appear to be random marks.

 

Often on a large scale, Cain’s innovative work in mixed media and pastel (in her words) takes us to “a place where observation turns inwards” and where “this exchange of process and energy leads to continual transformation.”

 

Patricia Paolozzi Cain completed a PHD in Drawing Practice at Glasgow School of Art. Her much acclaimed solo exhibition Drawing (on) Riverside at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (2011) cemented her reputation as one of the most exciting artists of her generation.