Sue Barnes

My work is primarily drawn from the South Downs, where you can see the marks of use that we leave on the landscape: paths, tracks, bridges - the signs that we have been this way before. Places build up maps of their own history. Then there are the places we avoid, the dark wood, the gaping doorway.

I like to exploit the physical properties of paint by pouring or dribbling paint onto the canvas, I rub back and layer, looking for those marks that seem to grow naturally out of the work. I also explore subjects using photography and printmaking.

I gained my degree in painting from Brighton University, graduating in 2003 and have taken part in shows in London as well as East and West Sussex.