Continuing our coverage of Bradford’s artistic talent in City of Culture year, this solo show features Leyla Murr, an abstract artist, working both from her Eldwick home and The Dockfield Road Creative Arts Hub in Shipley.
Leyla creates art which explores a meeting point between reality and abstraction with a finely tuned sensitivity to colour and a deep fascination with the mechanism of light.
Her paintings are constructed by coordinating different elements: The application of paint on canvas, the use of colour and spontaneous mark making. The process is rarely planned and her paintings undergo many changes until they are brought to the point where they feel resolved.
In Leyla’s words: ‘I want the viewer to see through my eyes and appreciate how beautiful the world is when you really notice how the light falls, how colours interact, and the energy which can be found in a landscape when you train your eyes to see it.’
Do Join Leyla for the Preview 7-9pm Weds 7 May
