Synopsis

Thanks to the wise voices of the residents of A Rocha, the British artist was able to discover the most fascinating and unknown history of the parish of Conxo. In addition to legends and traditional feasts, she encountered beauty, with her meticulous artistic gaze, in one of the simplest domestic chores. The resulting mural started from a series of photographs that the artist took at the washing place featuring the local women and hostesses.

Bio

Eloise Gillow is a British plastic artist based in Barcelona. After studying classical realist painting, she began to combine studio painting with her murals in public space, motivated by the direct connection between the artwork and the communities with which she interacts. Her images are extracted from their own surroundings, capturing subtle gestures of body language and movement to generate dynamic compositions that are open to free interpretation but invite the viewer to reflect and find moments of calm. A process that is often blocked by our accelerated lifestyles and the dynamics of the economic systems themselves.

Image gallery

ELOISE GILLOW (United Kingdom) “O lavadoiro”