Glasgow Painting & Printmaking School of Fine Art

Olivia Gough (she/her)

I am an image-based painter based between Essex and Cardiff. I gravitate towards large scale realism in my investigation into the relationship between painting and theatre. Fascinated by surface and tactility, I aim to emulate surfaces to a photographic like quality using often questionable subject matter.

My deep passion for set design, scenic painting and period costume drive my work, and I combine these more traditional themes with unexpected and modern subject matter. I would describe the work as excessive, lavish and humorous. It can be sickly sweet and off-putting, with themes of greed and visual opulence permeating through.

I want to meet the abject when considering concept, and bring together the beautiful and the ugly in the most theatrical way possible. This series of works is a selection of pieces made this academic year, done a mixture of mediums. Please see my website to see my full selection of work for sale.

Contact
olivaagough98@gmail.com
oliviagough.cargo.site
@oliviagough_art
Works
A Soft Seat
Self Portrait III
Silk Fingers With Blonde Hair
Acquaintance
Emergency
Portrait of Fatima Study
Pickle I And II
Untitled
Brine Soaked
No, Not In There Sharon, The Champagne’s In The Cellar

A Soft Seat

Oil on canvas board (30x40cm)

2021
For Sale: Price on Request

Self Portrait III

Oil on cotton (120x100cm)

2020
For Sale: Price on Request

Silk Fingers With Blonde Hair

Pencil on newsprint (60x28cm)

2021
For Sale: £60

Acquaintance

Acrylic on paper (107x123cm)

2021
For Sale: Price on Request

Emergency

Emergency blanket

Pencil on paper (84x118cm), 2020
For Sale: Price on Request

Emergency

Oil on cotton (130x100cm), 2021
For Sale: Price on Request

Portrait of Fatima Study

Portrait of Fatima study II

Oil on canvas, (60x60cm), 2021
For Sale: £240

Pickle I And II

Pickle I

Pencil on paper (24x30cm), 2021
For Sale: £100

Pickle II

Pencil on paper (28x20cm), 2021
For Sale: £100

Untitled

Portrait with Pickle

Oil on canvas, (100x100cm), 2021
For Sale: Price on Request

Brine Soaked

Brine Soaked

Oil on canvas, (150x200cm) 2021
For Sale: Price on Request

No, Not In There Sharon, The Champagne’s In The Cellar

No, Not In There Sharon, The Champagne’s In The Cellar

Oil on canvas (75x100cm) 2021
For Sale: Price on Request