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Aimee Birnbaum |
Vivid passion for watercolour
AIMEE Birnbaum’s paintings bear as much resemblance to the traditional watercolour as a Banksy to a Turner.
Bold, impressionistic, with vivid splashes of colour, the images linger in the mind. In one, titled Unsex Me Here, a voluptuous Lady Macbeth, in glorious pink robes, clutches her breast as if in poignant defiance of the strictures of her sex. In another, a Veronica Lake lookalike in a bright red dress devours her book as she waits for a train at Holborn Tube station.
“I always wanted to do paintings with people, narrative paintings,” she says, from her home in Primrose Hill. “I like to tell a story and invent characters and that was so unfashionable when I was studying art. You had to be very sophisticated and abstract. Watercolours don’t have to be bland,” she adds. “There are new colours on the market that people can use. You can use watercolours quite boldly.”.
Birnbaum’s passion for watercolours has paid off: she recently found out that she’s been accepted as a member of the prestigious Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours.
For the NewYork-born self-confessed Anglophile, who moved to Primrose Hill 22 years ago after marrying her barrister husband, it’s the culmination of a life-long dream.
“Being part of that means I’m no longer an outsider,” she says.
“When I first moved here I didn’t know anybody. I learned my skills and made friends through adult education classes.
“They gave me a profession and a chance to make a living.
“You learn about the basics in those classes. In the fashionable schools, it’s all conceptual. They are not interested in craftsmanship any more. They want sharks in cages and unmade beds.”
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It's great to hear from this artist, that I have meet in New York... It's wonderful to see her progress and see her consistency trough her proposal. I am from Venezuela and I am still following her art. Congratulations!!
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