Chloë Holt RCA FRSA - “Finestra”

Original painting by Chloë Holt RCA FRSA. One of the youngest artists ever to be elected a member of the RCA. Winner of the 2012 Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize, Chloe also, in 2010 won the International Lorenzo il Magnifico prize by the Florence Biennale for works on paper.

"Finestra is a meditation on light, material and memory. Composed on my studio table in front of a window, the objects—two earthenware bowls of lemons, one holding a pair of serving spatulas, a 17th-century Italian maiolica jug, an unglazed water vessel, and small wax containers—are rendered in silhouette, transformed by the backlight into quiet, almost imprinted forms. The lemons, often depicted in southern Italian ceramics as symbols of vitality and abundance, bring warmth and familiarity, their presence connecting centuries of domestic ritual and visual tradition.

The red wax vessels—once used in a London bronze foundry to cast works by Elizabeth Frink and Henry Moore—introduce a subtle narrative of process and legacy. In Finestra, I explore the relationship between the functional and the poetic: how humble, timeworn objects, when placed in a certain light, carry a kind of still resonance. The work is not only a still life but a window into a contemplative space where past and present quietly converge."

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame. Framed size.