{"id":185046,"date":"2025-04-14T23:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T23:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accountants4yourbusiness.co.uk\/entertainment\/art\/gina-parr-inching-forward-circling-back-always-daring-to-be-brave\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T23:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T23:25:29","slug":"gina-parr-inching-forward-circling-back-always-daring-to-be-brave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants4yourbusiness.co.uk\/?p=185046","title":{"rendered":"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"ra-paragraph\">We caught up with Gina Parr to explore the inspirations and intentions behind her latest work and her creative journey. Describing her art as a &#8220;pot pourri of experiences,&#8221; she crafts pieces that seem to simultaneously expand and contract\u2014a process of releasing darkness while making space for joy. Through her work, she navigates the complexities of a traumatic childhood, transforming emotion into visual expression.<\/p>\n<p><span>By Sophie Heatley<\/span> <!-- -->|<!-- --> <!-- -->10 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Anselm Kiefer once said, \u201cArt is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.\u201d For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/5700\/gina-parr\">Gina Parr<\/a>, that is both a challenge and a calling. In her pursuit to render the unspoken, to explore the tension between what is seen and what is felt, her paintings become not literal representations of place or time, but rather instinctive portrayals of internal landscapes. With their rich textures and emotional depth, they hold the resonance of experiences without defining or justifying them: fragments of memory, echoes of grief, and the physical density of longing.<\/p>\n<p>Parr\u2019s artistic journey is one shaped as much by life as by practice. A former set designer for BBC television, she spent 25 years working to briefs; creating immersive, fictional environments for others to perform in. Now, she paints another kind of space\u2014one uniquely her own, far from fiction, yet always one step shy of the truth. \u201cIt\u2019s a quest, in effect, to design the space that I was denied as a child,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/5700\/gina-parr\"><img alt=\"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/360xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_43d763be-aad3-4aab-a8cc-dab59f8f6f1f.jpg 360w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/720xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_43d763be-aad3-4aab-a8cc-dab59f8f6f1f.jpg 720w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/1440xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_43d763be-aad3-4aab-a8cc-dab59f8f6f1f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/5700\/gina-parr\">Gina Parr<\/a> working on a painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parr speaks candidly about how her early life continues to shape her work. The death of her father when she was 17, and her mother\u2019s hoarding disorder, remain central forces. She recalls the calm of fishing with her father interwoven with a sense of unease\u2014brief, peaceful escapes from the turmoil at home. That same tension runs through her work: a thoughtful balance between peace and turbulence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image image_resized\" style=\"width:100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/172290\/the-nature-of-nothingness-by-gina-parr\"><img alt=\"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/360xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_70b55eee-9983-48c0-8280-739ffbe41b69.jpg 360w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/720xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_70b55eee-9983-48c0-8280-739ffbe41b69.jpg 720w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/1440xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_70b55eee-9983-48c0-8280-739ffbe41b69.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/172290\/the-nature-of-nothingness-by-gina-parr\">The nature of nothingness<\/a> by Gina Parr (oil, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 2025, 100 x 100 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Upon observation, I have the unusual sensation that Parr\u2019s work is expanding and contracting at the same time; the swell and suction of ocean on coast; the ominous pause between lightning strike and thunderclap. There\u2019s this feeling that something has happened, is happening, and is yet to come\u2014a powerful evocation of trauma\u2019s circular, ever-present nature. It is important to note here that, in 2004, Parr ran from the Boxing Day Tsunami with her family. They all survived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her work loops through memory, always close yet never fully within reach. This experience of rupture\u2014of life split into before and after\u2014has profoundly shaped her understanding of space, both physical and emotional. These paintings suggest that absence is not a void, but charged: a presence in its own right, echoing what was, or what might have been.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/5700\/gina-parr\"><img alt=\"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/360xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_3d85d8e5-9089-41ef-bc40-58fcf0754f16.jpg 360w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/720xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_3d85d8e5-9089-41ef-bc40-58fcf0754f16.jpg 720w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/1440xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_3d85d8e5-9089-41ef-bc40-58fcf0754f16.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Studio paints and textures\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this way, her work becomes a cathartic mapping of emotional topographies\u2014a wandering through internal landscapes to understand, to resolve, to find reason in the foggy aftermath of pain and heartache. There\u2019s a distinct duality at play. Parr often speaks of balancing excess with restraint, of paintings that oscillate between \u201cclutter and clear.\u201d It is within this constant flux that she finds meaning, pushing beyond comfort to reach something raw and truthful.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/172284\/dialogue-with-my-inner-child-by-gina-parr\"><img alt=\"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/360xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_329ca8a3-d7fb-4090-b160-a9db4635b31d.jpg 360w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/720xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_329ca8a3-d7fb-4090-b160-a9db4635b31d.jpg 720w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/1440xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_329ca8a3-d7fb-4090-b160-a9db4635b31d.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/172284\/dialogue-with-my-inner-child-by-gina-parr\">Dialogue with my inner child<\/a> by Gina Parr (oil, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 2025, 60 x 60 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Parr draws much inspiration from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/nature\">natural<\/a> world, there\u2019s a habitual mark-making that is less from external observation and more from gazing within. \u201cThere\u2019s a need and a comfort in repeating images, to make patterns.\u201d Perhaps reflective of the human impulse to revisit old wounds and longings as a way to understand or, in many cases, to hold onto something we\u2019re not quite ready to let go of. \u201cI\u2019ll never find a solution to that childhood trauma but I\u2019m driven everyday to creatively pursue it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/131608\/gina-parr-photography\">Photography<\/a> is a natural extension of Parr\u2019s painting. When travelling or away from the canvas, the camera becomes her brush. \u201cI\u2019m always looking at walls, sides of boats and other interesting surfaces\u2026 just stuff in the urban sprawl. I\u2019m searching for paintings on those surfaces. The connection is that I\u2019m looking for a chimerical space that already exists \u2013 whether created by weather, by humans, by graffiti, or some serendipitous weatheration.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image image_resized\" style=\"width:100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/157774\/rabat-iii-1-of-10-limited-edition-photograph-by-gina-parr\"><img alt=\"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/360xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_5009a5c8-2a0d-4256-b1be-fccbd86e83ac.jpg 360w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/720xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_5009a5c8-2a0d-4256-b1be-fccbd86e83ac.jpg 720w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/1440xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_5009a5c8-2a0d-4256-b1be-fccbd86e83ac.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/art\/157774\/rabat-iii-1-of-10-limited-edition-photograph-by-gina-parr\">Rabat III<\/a> (Limited Edition Photography, 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These photographs are not merely studies; they are cousins of her paintings \u2013 born from the same impulse to find meaning in surface, memory in matter. There is an element of chance in each frame, of having stumbled upon something quietly sacred. The artist relishes this unpredictability \u2013 both in photographing what the universe happens to place in her path, and in those moments during painting when something unexpected emerges unbidden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI often think about Picasso and that quote about spending our entire lives trying to paint like the children we once were \u2013 uninhibited.\u201d Though her work draws on past experiences, Parr still longs to \u201cget back to the freshness, the wonderful gut reaction to creating something.\u201d That instinctive response brings a lightness and relief to her practice \u2013 it\u2019s not all darkness and discomfort. \u201cI actually have a joyous relationship with the canvas. Everything I\u2019m thinking, feeling \u2013 all my movements \u2013 go into that canvas. I\u2019m so in that space, so immersed in the process. And there are flashes, as I\u2019m working through it, where I get the feeling that it\u2019s going to be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/5700\/gina-parr\"><img alt=\"Gina Parr: Inching Forward, Circling Back, Always Daring to Be Brave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/360xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_dabb19ca-4dfd-4ee2-b486-8b9ebc26ea41.jpg 360w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/720xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_dabb19ca-4dfd-4ee2-b486-8b9ebc26ea41.jpg 720w,https:\/\/d1ee3oaj5b5ueh.cloudfront.net\/thumbs\/1440xAUTO_original_article_2025_04_dabb19ca-4dfd-4ee2-b486-8b9ebc26ea41.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riseart.com\/artist\/5700\/gina-parr\">The artist<\/a> in front of a large-scale canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each of her pieces is a journey, a wrestling match between the perfectionist\u2019s instinct to tidy and the artist\u2019s need to leave marks raw, exposed. The result is work that feels alive: layered, searching, and suspended between resolution and unrest. \u201cPainting is a battle between controlled intention and spontaneity,\u201d she reflects. \u201cI guess I\u2019m looking towards the end of each painting, for it to feel right\u2014pictorially and emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese word saudade\u2014that ineffable ache for something lost\u2014comes to mind when Parr describes the heart of her practice. Her paintings are not limited to grief or trauma, but they are informed by them, shadowed by longing and illuminated by moments of relief. \u201cIt\u2019s a balance between longing and love,\u201d she says. Her work speaks not of resolution but of movement: inching forward, circling back, daring always to be brave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We caught up with Gina Parr to explore the inspirations and intentions behind her latest work and her creative journey. Describing her art as a &#8220;pot pourri of experiences,&#8221; she crafts pieces that seem to simultaneously expand and contract\u2014a process of releasing darkness while making space for joy. 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