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Stella Carr is a painter examining the symbiotic relationship between the seen and felt in the natural world. Her paintings focus on trees as a locus of pattern and energy, honouring deep ecology and exploring the tensions between manmade landscapes and wildness. Carr’s work dramatises the mutual vulnerability of artist and environment, both in her process, which often involves a somatic response to her subject, and in the finished work the viewer encounters. Her paintings document an inextricable connection between the evolution of her work in response to nature and the inner ecology of the self.
‘Carr’s ecocentric approach to creating is complemented by her work as a gardener over five decades, where she uses the same intuitive response as in her paintings, working with texture, shape, and pattern. Her work in both disciplines highlights the essential value of every cell, atom, and microorganism as part of a boundaryless, interconnected whole, whose imperilment threatens the loss of what it means to be human. ‘ Charlotte Whittle 2024