Artist Spotlight: Beth Winterburn

ABSTRACT GESTURES, HUMAN STORIES

Beth Winterburn is an abstract painter whose mixed media works - combining ink, acrylic, latex and oil stick on raw canvas - explore the complexities of relationships through color, line, and texture. Her gestural brushstrokes and minimalist details create visual stories that balance tension, serenity, and connection, allowing her work to serve as both journal and record of lived experience.

FROM ARCHITECTURE TO ABSTRACT ART

Beth Winterburn began her studies in Architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but quickly realized her true place was in the Fine Arts department, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art in 2002. During college, she spent much of her time in the darkroom, developing film; a process that shaped her analytical eye, patience, and attention to composition, while also exploring other media, including clay, watercolor, sculpture, printmaking, and small-scale painting projects. This early photography experience would later influence her painting, helping her balance color, line, and form with precision. After graduating, she worked for a couple of years alongside a photojournalistic photographer.

After stepping away from creative work for some time, Beth began exploring painting more seriously. A commission for a large abstract piece became the turning point that sparked her professional focus on painting. Drawing on her Fine Arts background, multi-media experience, and the compositional sensibilities honed through photography, she developed a distinctive approach to mixed media, combining ink and acrylic on raw canvas to create gestural, expressive works.

A LANGUAGE OF COLOUR, LINE, AND MEMORY

Beth’s artistic philosophy is deeply rooted in the interplay of structure and spontaneity. She approaches each canvas with a mathematical mindset - counting evens and odds, balancing lights and darks, and dividing compositions into thirds and fifths - while simultaneously embracing the expressive freedom of gesture.

Her pieces are records of memory and aspiration, tracing her own journey with its hills and valleys. Through ink and acrylic on raw canvas, she communicates the nuances of longing, acceptance, tension, and resolve. Her marks and brushstrokes are intentionally left visible, allowing the artwork to speak independently, inviting viewers to engage in and relate to its unfolding narrative.

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND EXHIBITIONS

Beth Winterburn’s work has been featured on HGTV’s Property Brothers and in print and online publications including The Koronette, Fanique Magazine, Maker’s Movement, At Home Memphis & Mid-South, Orlando Soria, I AM THE LAB, and Style Blueprint.

She has showcased her work in numerous exhibitions and art events across the United States and abroad, and especially in various shows in and around the southeastern United States. Her paintings have been featured by prominent interior designers and leading international retailers, and have found their place in distinguished private and public collections around the world.

PROCESS AS DISCOVERY

Beth is especially motivated by the process itself and by the behaviours and outcomes of her materials. The moments leading to completion are as important as the finished piece. Her work encourages contemplation of relationships, personal growth, and the passage of time, inviting viewers to see cohesion in seemingly unrelated gestures. Each painting is an exploration of connectivity, a visual dialogue between experience and expression.

REPRESENTED BY MONÉ GALLERY

Moné Gallery is proud to represent Beth Winterburn, offering collectors access to her captivating mixed media paintings. Her artworks capture the complexity of human relationships through color, line, and texture, balancing structure and intuition. Each piece reflects memory, aspiration, and the unfolding nature of connection, allowing the marks and brushstrokes to speak for themselves. 

Discover her paintings here: https://www.monegallery.com/collections/beth-winterburn