Ruth Mulvie

She cherishes that visceral connection that Kodachrome™ gives us with our past. That single moment frozen in time that one can look at forever.  Old photographs are her initial inspiration for each new piece; a digital springboard atop which she dives into her latest delicious fantasy landscape. She works slowly, moving between several large canvases at a time. In contrast with her fluorescent palette and whimsical subject matter, the arrangement of Mulvie’s increasingly complex compositions are highly considered: there’s careful digital planning before the brush touches the canvas and she under-paints in acrylic and high flow ink. Yet her color work is deliberately playful and spontaneous: it is a puzzle to be solved in the moment.

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In her paintings we are invited to join the most wonderful party or shared experience. Mulvie’s realms surprise and delight. Hers are playful, glamorous worlds with pure glee for oxygen. And in each we are granted a day in happy valley. 

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At the heart of Mulvie’s pieces is the palpable joyfulness in her response to colour.  She is at her happiest when mixing and combining paint, waiting for the thrill of the perfect shade. For her, colour is emotion, colour is memory, colour is her favourite place to be. And we are all invited. There’s no place like it.

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Her customers include the set designers of Ted Lasso – her work features in series two – and she has exhibited in galleries from Brighton to Belgium, and London to Los Angeles. She’s currently working on a series of large canvases which can be viewed at 10 Gresham Street, London between June and September, 2023.