Opening Party - Rivers and Pathways - Gill Hickman

Gill Hickman is a “textural” artist living and working in South East London. Her inspiration is rooted in environmental textures and also draws from her daily meditation practice. 

Hickman creates abstract embossed collages using quality materials; 24 carat gold leaf and fine hand-made papers from Japan, Thailand and France. The process is an integral part of the work, each piece evolves individually & is created and hand-made with loving attention. Over the years Hickman has often used simple geometric shapes such as circles and squares as these represent for her feelings of balance, harmony and unity. Her work is often described by the viewer as being both “calming” and “uplifting”.

Recently however, (since turning 60?) Hickman has begun to deviate from her standard forms. Some of her works have become more organic in nature, with flowing threads, rivers or pathways of textured gold or silver traversing the paper, referring perhaps to the archetypal theme of “The Journey”. The "featured artist" exhibition continues till Sun 8th July.