Trish Wylie

'My practice as a painter changed dramatically 18 months ago, where I departed from abstraction to the cinematic paintings, bringing together two passions, that of painting and film. I have particularly been interested in the films by Sergio Leone, who was influenced by painters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer, which continues with a practice of filmmakers being influenced by painters and painters being influenced by film.

I am interested in using modern technology to allow me to explore this idea further, and realize that I am just at the beginning. The mark-making and painterly quality is crucial to the work and although using imagery from a form of popular culture such as film, I am not interested in the hard edge aspect of rendering the surface but wish for the medium of paint to take on a life of its own.

To quote Robin Baker [Curator of the BFI Media Teque] "These paintings melt into the films". Which I considered to be a wonderful appraisal of them.'