Maja Beattie is an Oxfordshire based artist who's work documents the society that surrounds her. Heavily influenced by her time living in Bristol and the festival culture Beattie has an innate fascination of people. Her subject matter surrounds portraiture and traces of human behaviour on society's landscape. Using multi-layered, oil painted surfaces Beattie creates an eerie depth within the traditional confines of portraiture. Heavily saturated tones mirror the energy of the youths painted, while cultural references such as street art, fashion and music infiltrate the images. These cultural experiences construct much of her illustration work also using collage and drawing media.

Bankside Hotel x Contemporary Collective are thrilled to welcome abstract painter Georgina Harris to the Makers’ Studio as their next Artist in Residence. Bankside Hotel x Contemporary Collective are thrilled to welcome abstract painter Georgina Harris to the Makers’ Studio as their next Artist in Residence from 27th September - 6th December. London is 21 percent trees, which, according to the United Nations, makes London the world’s largest urban forest. With this in mind, whilst in residency Georgina will use painting to celebrate Lodnon’s green spaces and make work that explores our connection to urban trees.

Georgina will be painting the ‘lived experience’ of being in London, by taking her painting outside to create a series of ‘plein air’ abstract paintings. The artist also welcomes you to visit her in the studio, to share the green spots you cherish in the city. She will use these conversations and her own experience to paint alternate maps of the city, with the aim of celebrating the connection between people and place.

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