Nell Brookfield draws from the unsettling details around her to inspire hyper-stylised vignettes
Formless hairy creatures and long-nailed women with fur coats and red skin – the worlds within Nell’s paintings depict surreal yet strangely comforting figures and scenes which shouldn’t make sense, but somehow do.
Words
“Unheimlich” – it’s a word that means unhomely or uncanny. It’s also a word which could be used to describe Nell Brookfield’s spine-tingling paintings. The images, depicting minute details that hint to a larger, perhaps more bizarre scene, invoke what some might call an uncanny feeling which nevertheless feels warm and inviting. Nell’s technique and creative process take a variety of forms to achieve this effect.