Judith Gilbert

I trained at Birmingham College of Art and now work from my home near Haworth West Yorkshire. Having rheumatoid arthritis I have to work on a small scale and find gouache the ideal medium to express myself. I am interested in Art History and love especially the work done before the 15th Century and Eastern art. I also do Calligraphy and have illustrated books on aspects of Yorkshire. Along with my twin sister I have had various art exhibitions and have also had work shown in Bath, London, and Chicago. In 1994 I became artist-in-residence at Bradford Cathedral where I still help with the education programme. My work is concerned with flat shape and bright colour and I have recently been exploring the mixture of three dimensional form and flat shape. In the future I hope to look at the story telling tradition that early Renaissance artists were involved with in their paintings.