Louise Neiland tells Aidan Dunne how colour is always central to the structure of her paintings
Aidan Dunne: Your studio here is, well, on a domestic scale. It’s not a large space and the ceiling isn’t particularly high.
Louise Neiland: You get used to working in the available space. I’ve always done that, out of necessity. It can call for some unconventional thinking. I work on large paintings on their side, as I just don’t have the ceiling height to place them upright. That began when I was working for my MA, when my main piece was sixteen feet high. I found I got used to it more easily than I’d expected.
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