Sophie Wyle’s work explores an extended painting practice, containing elements of both sculpture and photography. She derives line from the edges of buildings and shapes from abandoned architecture abstracting them into a reduced form. Outlining and composing collages of architectural shapes creates a basis for her linear metal sculptures.

 

Wyle creates artworks with household emulsion paints, gloss varnish and powder-coated, spray painted steel. Her work focuses on primary colours and the raw surface of welded metal as well as interests in the application of paint to the surface. Creating work that contains industrial materials with a minimal approach, she changes recognisable forms into abstract shapes. Scale forces the viewer to interact via a somatic response.