Sunday Post 10-19-08

Belinda Eaton

Born in the 60s in Mombasa Kenya, Eaton has spent time living in London, New York, France, Karachi, and Barcelona. She received her B.A. in Fine Art from St. Martin’s School of Art in London in 1983 and was in the post-graduate etching program in the Central School of Art in London in 1984. She started showing her paintings in 1982 and had her first solo show in 1989 at the Dome Gallery in New York. Her paintings have been described as “A world of colour, vivid characters, swirling spaces, uncontained energy that can’t be trapped by the limits of the canvas, images constantly on the move, living life, dancing, drinking, and eating.” She has spent much of her life traveling so she brings many different perspectives to her work. There are some in which she paints patterns over clothes, faces, or tattoos on the skin, which attracted me to her in the first place.

Inteview:
http://www.artquotes.net/artists/eaton/artist-interview.htm

Gallery:
http://www.art-affair.net/

Website:
http://www.belindaeaton.com/