Phoebe Senior

Phoebe Senior infuses her paintings with movement, life, and vitality, where wildlife is poised to leap from the canvas, birds ready to take flight, animals to pounce or slumber. Compositions fall in on each other, on the brink of collapse.

Her signature style is a combination of dark backgrounds and fine details with vivid colours carefully rendered, evoking portraits from the Dutch Golden Age while introducing a surrealist approach to the composition of animals she portrays.

of repose, wonder and contemplation, as we stare upon the animals which glance out at us.

Focusing on pattern, textures, and colour within these works, the subjects she paints sit on-

patterning.

These paintings depict quiet moments

top of one another, distinctive through the difference in the features of fur, feathers or

Using acrylics as her medium, Phoebe creates artworks in which animals take the centre

stage, celebrating the beauty in nature and invite the viewer to let go of all other notions of the portrayed creatures. The combining of surreal and realistic elements, grounds her audience in

a familiar reality while inviting them to imagine something grander.

Putting her academic skills in to practice, her love for the arts and her desire to translate the

intangible images and stories that reside in her mind, she turns her ideas into visible works

that can be shared with others. Blending the idea of illusion and fact, she creates an

With a world of textures, colours and shapes to explore, nature is an exciting feature for many artists and Phoebe uses

them to her advantage in creating this exhibition of works.