Georgie Weedon MA

Georgie Weedon is a British-Australian painter based in Wiltshire, England. Born in London in
1979, she studied at Goldsmiths College and initially pursued a career in documentary
filmmaking, producing and directing films for the BBC and Al Jazeera. She made a series of
films for BBC arts about the exiled theatre group Belarus Free Theatre, as well as a The Poet of
Baghdad and Return to Somalia with Rageh Omaar. Her film work explored the idea of exile in
all its forms.

More recently, her artistic journey transitioned into painting, where she now works primarily with
acrylic, charcoal, and canvas. A modern colorist, Weedon’s work exudes joy and energy, with
her work being inspired by a sense of preemptive nostalgia, and an attempt to capture the
fleeting beauty of the present. She paints flowers while they are alive, old fishing boats that
have been given a fresh lick of paint, the weathered ribbons of the wishing tree at the ancient
UK stone circle of Avebury, a gathering of wild swimmers, old pianos, the whimsy and deep
magic of the UK circuses like Gifford’s and Fools Delight. Overall she tries to capture the
profound “aliveness” of things while they are here.

Her art reflects a deep love for color, the wild and ancient landscapes of the UK, and a particular
fondness for the coast, still life, wild swimming, horses, and the circus. She is influenced by
artists Bernard Cathelin, Jo Vollers, Henri Matisse, Chloe Lamb, Winifred Nicholson, and the
work of Somerset potter George Bronwin.

She has exhibited her work in various locations, including Jordan, London, and New York, as
part of the project and book she co authored: Offscreen: Four Young Artists in the Middle East.