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Perdita Aileen (Purdey) Fitzherbert (born 18 September 1987) is a contemporary British painter living and working in the UK.
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Early life
The daughter of Hon. Thomas Alastair Fitzherbert and granddaughter of the 14th Baron Stafford, Fitzherbert did her foundation studies at Wimbledon College of Art before completing a four-year degree in Fine Art at Newcastle University.
Art
My work has become an investigation into perception, specifically what one sees, and how one experiences the act of seeing. I have been recording colour and light, and their fleeting playfulness. I am intrigued by the way they can appear but also dissolve from our vision. Light and colour are central to my work, but journey and silence have always been the fundamental starting points…I sometimes experience an instant of acute beauty during which something (ordinarily hidden) is briefly illuminated. This sublime glimmer of colour or light is fleeting, unlikely to be seen or experienced again. I am attempting to document light’s ephemeral nature, noticing subtle colours, which impregnate both our true vision and that of the outside world. By observing and experiencing existence so intently, it becomes hard to look past light’s trickeries, its transient and weightless nature...I want my work to be experienced rather than read, and I like to play with ideas that almost don't exist in physical reality.
Fitzherbert categorizes herself mainly as an abstract painter, but also claims influences from Conceptual art movements, Op art, Minimalism, Impressionism, and Light art. Fitzherbert also lists abstract minimalist, Agnes Martin as an artist for whom she has a great admiration and respect.
Exhibitions
Fitzherbert exhibited at SEM-ART Gallery, Monaco (2011), and with Hus Gallery, Gstaad (2012).
Representation
Fitzherbert is represented exclusively by Hus Gallery.