FATIMA DUKE-PRATT
The process of creating linocut prints can be long and arduous, whilst simultaneously I find it can be therapeutic. The process starts with the design - a drawing that I normally source from my sketch book or vintage family pictures from my mum and grandma's photo albums. I usually get a lot of inspiration from the emotions and memories that comes with looking through my childhood.
“My art specifically is created with the intention to heal, as that is what it does for me, whether it’s in the process or the after effects of a finished piece. My intention is always to create art which functions in a therapeutic way in spaces, and it’s even better if it can create comfort in homes.”
I’m a colourist and I enjoy implementing bright colours across all my art practices, especially print-making. I normally look at a colour wheel for guidance. In my most recent collection of prints I worked in layers, which takes time as I have to wait for the base layer to dry so the colours on top don’t mix in an ineffective way.
I usually work in my studio space which has been an amazing experience so far and it has a real impact on my oil paintings, especially when I’m working from life. When it comes to print making, I use the walls to pin up older prints I’ve made, as a way of inspiring new thoughts and ideas.
Fatima is is a multidisciplinary artist based in london, focusing on figurative oil painting and printmaking. After studying Visual Culture at University of Brighton (2018), she went on to study Portraiture in Oil Painting at The Heatherleys, where she won the 'Daphne Todd Prize' in her first year graduate show. She has been included in some group art shows over the past few years such as; Reaction in Seclusion (2020), Black He(art) Exhibition (2021), Mayfair Art Collective ‘Loneliness’ Exhibition (2021) and Peckham Festival (2021).
