Bobbye Fermie, Morning Light, 2023
Water-based monotype, 34.5 x 26cm (unframed)
Amsterdam-born artist Bobbye Fermie is renowned for her dreamlike works on paper that explore introspective female figures inhabiting imaginary spaces. Inspired by memories and photographs, her work is characterised by a limited palette which creates impact and lends each image a graphic quality.
In early 2023 Bobbye began to explore printmaking using two very different techniques; woodcut and monotype. The result is her first cohesive series of prints titled 'Tales of the Home', which Oliver Projects has been proud to launch exclusively online. In these prints, Bobbye has continued to investigate the lives of her solitary female figures going about their business in domestic scenarios.
This unique water-based monotype is one of a pair of with ‘Evening Glow’, in which a female figure tends quietly to her beloved house plants. Close in quality to a watercolour painting, the artist’s use of dark blue ink draws the viewer’s attention to the silhouetted homes in the background. Bobbye’s instinctive choice of a limited palette in this series is significant. She says; ‘when I look at the red of the hands and faces of the figures, I notice their importance, trying to take up space, in contrast to their muted surroundings.’
Bobbye studied in the Netherlands and Belgium before moving to London in 2014 to attend the Royal Drawing School. She has undertaken artistic residencies in the UK and Italy and her work has been featured in several publications. She has exhibited widely in the UK and her work is currently held at several collections, including the Morritz-Heyman Collection, The Royal Collection and Soho House. She lives and works in north London.
Water-based monotype, 34.5 x 26cm (unframed)
Amsterdam-born artist Bobbye Fermie is renowned for her dreamlike works on paper that explore introspective female figures inhabiting imaginary spaces. Inspired by memories and photographs, her work is characterised by a limited palette which creates impact and lends each image a graphic quality.
In early 2023 Bobbye began to explore printmaking using two very different techniques; woodcut and monotype. The result is her first cohesive series of prints titled 'Tales of the Home', which Oliver Projects has been proud to launch exclusively online. In these prints, Bobbye has continued to investigate the lives of her solitary female figures going about their business in domestic scenarios.
This unique water-based monotype is one of a pair of with ‘Evening Glow’, in which a female figure tends quietly to her beloved house plants. Close in quality to a watercolour painting, the artist’s use of dark blue ink draws the viewer’s attention to the silhouetted homes in the background. Bobbye’s instinctive choice of a limited palette in this series is significant. She says; ‘when I look at the red of the hands and faces of the figures, I notice their importance, trying to take up space, in contrast to their muted surroundings.’
Bobbye studied in the Netherlands and Belgium before moving to London in 2014 to attend the Royal Drawing School. She has undertaken artistic residencies in the UK and Italy and her work has been featured in several publications. She has exhibited widely in the UK and her work is currently held at several collections, including the Morritz-Heyman Collection, The Royal Collection and Soho House. She lives and works in north London.
Water-based monotype, 34.5 x 26cm (unframed)
Amsterdam-born artist Bobbye Fermie is renowned for her dreamlike works on paper that explore introspective female figures inhabiting imaginary spaces. Inspired by memories and photographs, her work is characterised by a limited palette which creates impact and lends each image a graphic quality.
In early 2023 Bobbye began to explore printmaking using two very different techniques; woodcut and monotype. The result is her first cohesive series of prints titled 'Tales of the Home', which Oliver Projects has been proud to launch exclusively online. In these prints, Bobbye has continued to investigate the lives of her solitary female figures going about their business in domestic scenarios.
This unique water-based monotype is one of a pair of with ‘Evening Glow’, in which a female figure tends quietly to her beloved house plants. Close in quality to a watercolour painting, the artist’s use of dark blue ink draws the viewer’s attention to the silhouetted homes in the background. Bobbye’s instinctive choice of a limited palette in this series is significant. She says; ‘when I look at the red of the hands and faces of the figures, I notice their importance, trying to take up space, in contrast to their muted surroundings.’
Bobbye studied in the Netherlands and Belgium before moving to London in 2014 to attend the Royal Drawing School. She has undertaken artistic residencies in the UK and Italy and her work has been featured in several publications. She has exhibited widely in the UK and her work is currently held at several collections, including the Morritz-Heyman Collection, The Royal Collection and Soho House. She lives and works in north London.
