Irma Voulgari is inspired by the mundane and the unremarkable – the mass of insignificant details which make up daily life – as much as the extraordinary – the secrets hidden within the machinery of modern urban living. Her own unique vision is the essential catalyst which brings these seemingly disparate elements together and makes them come alive on the canvas.
Stand and look, from a distance, at one of her paintings and you will see the big picture – the broad, expansive brushstrokes and the surprising, sometimes jarring, sometimes beautiful, always fascinating juxtapositions of shape and colour.
Now take a journey: walk closer.
Move in, slowly, towards the window and see everything else that’s there, everything that you missed before. This is the microcosm. And in there are a profusion of intriguing and compelling worlds-within-worlds waiting to be discovered in Irma’s work. And remember, move closer, because travel expands the mind.
