Louise Ventris
Louise is a painter based in Holmfirth West Yorkshire. She graduated in Fine Art from the University of the West of England in the late 1980s. Louise worked as an Art teacher in a secondary school before moving into a career in digital design. As a working parent, pursuing painting has often been a juggling act alongside other commitments of work, family and running a household. As her family has grown-up Louise has found more opportunity to paint. The idea of time scarcity is a common theme in Louise’s work and a reflection of her own lived experiences. Louise often paints urban cityscapes and moments in gridlock, inspired from the commute to work or on the school run.
Louise Ventris
Louise is a painter based in Holmfirth West Yorkshire. She graduated in Fine Art from the University of the West of England in the late 1980s. Louise worked as an Art teacher in a secondary school before moving into a career in digital design. As a working parent, pursuing painting has often been a juggling act alongside other commitments of work, family and running a household. As her family has grown-up Louise has found more opportunity to paint. The idea of time scarcity is a common theme in Louise’s work and a reflection of her own lived experiences. Louise often paints urban cityscapes and moments in gridlock, inspired from the commute to work or on the school run.
13 Portraits - Threads through time
Oil on Panel
100cm x 100cm approx
During the late 1970s and early1980s Wilma McCann, Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson, Patricia Atkinson, Jayne McDonald, Jean Jordan, Yvonne Pearson, Helen Rytka, Vera Millward, Josephine Whittaker, Barbara Leach, Marguerite Walls and Jacqueline Hill, were murdered
by Peter Sutcliffe.
During the investigation there was a perception that the women were ’not innocent’ and somehow guilty or responsible. The perception that these women, some of whom were sex workers were less valuable and had an effect on how seriously the Police took the killings.
Portraits in history have been used to show the beauty, wealth or power of an individual. There is a permanence to a painting and I wanted to create oil portraits of each of these women to acknowledge their value.
