Connie Liebschner

Connie studied Fine Art at Loughborough University and then worked as a print tutor for Leicester Print Workshop.  She later moved to Scotland to study for her Master in Print at Glasgow School of Art where she combined her printing knowledge with more traditional painterly techniques.

By layering the image, Connie creates depth than enables the viewer to be absorbed through focussed segments of interest, along with more peripheral hazy areas. Connie is drawn to the edge of the land by her love of outdoor swimming.  The watery surfaces play, reflect and refract the formal segments of land, water and sky, and transform the work into a simplified study of line, shape and colour.  Connie uses translucent layers of chalky gesso, along with glossy inks and acrylics to paint, rub and scrape, mimicking the contrasting textures of the landscape.