Maddie Yuille, Heathen, 2021

Wednesday submersion… This brilliantly immersive painting was made by artist Maddie Yuille, who has just completed Elephant Lab, our month-long residency that provides artists with a range of art supplies with which to experiment. Inspired by what Elephant’s Emily Steer describes as “the complex cultural history of women and water”, Yuille opted to make works using Winsor & Newton’s oil paints in order to explore “how different layers and mediums can emulate the look of water”. Exceptionally well, as it turns out. Read Steer’s interview with Yuille here to find out more.