Artist's bio

Tonie Rigby is a , ' Daily painter. ' with a passion for paint. Since April 2014 she has completed a painting each day, varying size, medium and subject matter , moving in and out of abstraction. Tonie  is currently working on two series of work, ' My North, ' and , ' Poem Lines ( Daily walks.)'

'My North, ' is a series of 100 pieces mainly reflecting on a warm childhood growing up in the Industrial North, surrounded by mills and hills. They are small 15 cm. sq. mixed media pieces that are mainly figurative.

' Poem Lines (Daily walks,) ' are a growing series of  33 inch square contemporary landscapes paintings created in acrylics.Tonie strives  to create these paintings , ' ala prima,' in one sitting, within an hour. That , in a way helps her translate that Daily walk into paint. The name ,' poem lines,' comes from the words and phrases that come to mind whilst painting the piece. They feel like the lines of poems.

Tonie Rigby completed a Fine Art, Drawing and painting honours degree at Huddersfield University in 2002. Since then she has exhibited locally , held pop up galleries at Emmaus Mossley ( where she is a resident artist) and exhibited at Gallery Oldham. She runs her own Art group at Emmaus Mossley, a Community for previously homeless people.