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Sonia Redfern

My paintings invite the viewer into the humbling and transcendental experience of being fully immersed in a context larger than oneself, whether cultural, environmental, or universal. To do this I create landscapes, sometimes with astronomical elements, over the patterns and textures of reclaimed fabrics. The fabric for these paintings was first passed on to me by my mother, a lifelong sewer. She grew up in post-WWII Europe, where everything was recycled, reused, or repurposed, and nothing went to waste. That mindset was passed down. Rather than paint over the entirety of the fabric to hide the colors or patterns, I let the fabric stand in for a piece of the painting and help tell the story. The fabric has a story as well, and often reminds me of a certain place or mood that I match with the painted subject matter of a place or experience I’d like to retell. Each pattern or texture has a kind of visual vibration, like the background radiation that permeates the universe itself. We don’t think about it often, but it is always there. The pattern is simultaneously busy, keeping the viewer’s attention, and easy to ignore because the eye intuits that it is all the same. It is also intended to impose a surreal quality, which is often how a memory of a place or experience feels. In my paintings I seek to recreate moments of awe and tranquility with the hope of sharing a sense of wonder with others.

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