Jacqui Hallum is a modern British painter known for her expressive and unique pieces. 

Hallum predominantly uses large scale sheets to create fluid pieces such as her exhibition; “the view from the top of the pyramid” in the Walker Gallery, Liverpool 2020. I loved this exhibition, the scale of the works encompassing the whole room or high-ceiling walls created such a freeing atmosphere. 

Hallum creates these pieces by staining and dying them with various substances such as drawing, squid and graffiti ik. She then allows these mediums to express their qualities by moving them into different areas of sunlight - this allows everything from the paint to the painting to the painter to move and adapt to each other. I love this notion of allowing nature to have elements of control over your work. 

The effect of these decaying sheets brimming with life and exuberance is a beautiful metaphor. Moreover the fineness of the sheets layering on top of one another brings a second fluid feature into the piece. The sheets  will fall differently every exhibition; different areas will be hidden or highlighted. This creates a forever changing, moving and adapting piece.