Sophie Anne Wyth

Sophie Anne Wyth  is a French and Swiss artist. She studied in Paris and works and lives in London. 

Wyth became  a painter through undergoing art therapy. This initial approach brought a sense of freedom to her  practice. She creates abstract paintings with no visual support, looking within to find forms and listening to what the paint calls for. There is no predefined direction the picture should take, allowing for creativity throughout the process. 

Each abstract image is a snapshot of a larger motion, solid at this moment but which could dissolve in an instant - like a life. 

In her early twenties Wyth thought that choosing a job, marital status and location was a decision made once and for all. It took some deep questioning of her identity and sexual orientation to realise that a happy life is to be reviewed and recreated constantly. And that one’s needs and desires keep evolving. Wyth’s  abstract work is a representation of this constant internal quest, and can be unsettling as a result. It also conveys a sense of strength and calm which is a direct outcome of this investigation.