In Chloe Le Tissier’s paintings animals are depicted in imagined landscapes juxtaposed from photos and magazines, and from life drawing and memory. On closer inspection the creatures do not belong to the landscapes, they are at odds with their surroundings, for example a lone penguin in a forest or a monkey and parrot perching on the back of a dog on a pink cliff path. Through these magical and playful scenarios a sense that something has just happened or is just about to happen is invoked. Also central to Chloe’s work is the bringing together of more abstract mark making with realistic depiction, which contributes to the ambiguous and dream-like atmosphere in the paintings.
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