Fiona Wilson
Ms. Monopoly, 2022
screenprint
72 x 52 cm
28 3/8 x 20 1/2 in
28 3/8 x 20 1/2 in
edition of 10
Courtesy of Glasgow Print Studio - Please note, this work is owned and printed by the artist. Such works may occasionally be unavailable at the time of purchase or enquiry.
£ 480.00
This print was created in conjunction with the Glasgow Print Studio 50th Anniversary Here & Now Legacy Project. 'For my print idea, I concentrated on the theme of 50, and...
This print was created in conjunction with the Glasgow Print Studio 50th Anniversary Here & Now Legacy Project. "For my print idea, I concentrated on the theme of 50, and explored many ideas from golden anniversaries to concepts of half and half, or 50%, but the discovery of some old photocopies of Monopoly money I played with as a child directed the idea towards a retro woman wearing her money proudly on her clothing."
"I normally make monoprints but felt that I could make an edition successfully with screen printing. The first edition had green money but after a registration disaster and a shoulder injury, I started again using the same artwork, but different colours. I think the pink and red came about due my anger at the loss of the first print set and of the pain in my shoulder as I worked!"
"I called her 'Ms. Monopoly' to reinforce the idea of her financial freedom, a rare thing in the seventies, particularly since her glasses give her that look of a successful professional. She is a bold and confident woman with a retro hairdo reminiscent of the era of the birth of the Glasgow print Studio in 1972. I am proud to now be part of the history of the studio through this project, and wish GPS many more successful years to come."
Fiona Wilson was born in London, but has lived in the West of Scotland most of her life. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1991, Wilson taught Art & Design subjects in UK Universities & Colleges until 2004, when she left to pursue her dream and passion of being a dedicated painter and printmaker. Living in such a cold and wet place inspires most of her work to celebrate colour as an antidote, like the great Scottish Colourists before her.
She works across a range of painting mediums with an experimental approach, and has a desire to modernise the formal oil painting training she has received over the last decade. She also makes unique monotype prints and screenprints at the Glasgow Print Studio, where she is a tutor.
“All my work centres around telling stories, whether it be fairytales and myths, or collected stories and ideas from my travels. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to see and learn about other far off places. To have had the time to examine different cultures and learn what lives in people's hearts and all the other wonderful, and not-so wonderful, things in the world is a privilege and I want to share these experiences through my prints and paintings.”
Wilson shows regularly in galleries and has pieces in private collections across the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, as well as works in the prestigious public UK Art Fund. She has exhibited at the RSA open, RGI, PAI and was pre-selected for the prestigious BP Portrait prize in 2016.
"I normally make monoprints but felt that I could make an edition successfully with screen printing. The first edition had green money but after a registration disaster and a shoulder injury, I started again using the same artwork, but different colours. I think the pink and red came about due my anger at the loss of the first print set and of the pain in my shoulder as I worked!"
"I called her 'Ms. Monopoly' to reinforce the idea of her financial freedom, a rare thing in the seventies, particularly since her glasses give her that look of a successful professional. She is a bold and confident woman with a retro hairdo reminiscent of the era of the birth of the Glasgow print Studio in 1972. I am proud to now be part of the history of the studio through this project, and wish GPS many more successful years to come."
Fiona Wilson was born in London, but has lived in the West of Scotland most of her life. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1991, Wilson taught Art & Design subjects in UK Universities & Colleges until 2004, when she left to pursue her dream and passion of being a dedicated painter and printmaker. Living in such a cold and wet place inspires most of her work to celebrate colour as an antidote, like the great Scottish Colourists before her.
She works across a range of painting mediums with an experimental approach, and has a desire to modernise the formal oil painting training she has received over the last decade. She also makes unique monotype prints and screenprints at the Glasgow Print Studio, where she is a tutor.
“All my work centres around telling stories, whether it be fairytales and myths, or collected stories and ideas from my travels. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to see and learn about other far off places. To have had the time to examine different cultures and learn what lives in people's hearts and all the other wonderful, and not-so wonderful, things in the world is a privilege and I want to share these experiences through my prints and paintings.”
Wilson shows regularly in galleries and has pieces in private collections across the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, as well as works in the prestigious public UK Art Fund. She has exhibited at the RSA open, RGI, PAI and was pre-selected for the prestigious BP Portrait prize in 2016.
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