'Interventions' by Joy Hillyer

About

Joy Hillyer had a career in law and legal education before taking an honours degree in garden design and attending art courses taught by Sophie Hacker. From 2012 to 2014 she attended Advanced Painting Practice at Morley
College, London (tutors Steve Wright and Guillem Ramos-Porqui). After seven
years in Central London she now works from her studio in Wiltshire.

'Interventions' is a wonderful collection of atmospheric abstract landscapes combining images of Wiltshire and the human impact on its landscape with more experimental work where the landscape is less certain and the interventions often dramatic. Her landscapes aim to convey a sense of place, of placement and exploration within the landscape that goes beyond detailed representation. Some images explore in more depth the human impact on the environment: the 'Resistance' series has its roots in the conflict in Ukraine.