| In the heart of Floriana, I was welcomed by the well known artist Isabelle Borg. Most people associate Isabelle with her landmark in the twentieth century Maltese art, “Lovers in the Bull”. |
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Isabelle walked me into her house whose walls are decorated with her colourful paintings. Her works run in series of abstracts, portraits and landscapes. The predominant medium is oil, although use is also made of other materials to incorporate a tactile sense into the work. Vivid colours and strong forms unite the different series in a quest for a personal, expressive language. The figure in space is a predominant theme in most of her work. |
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| Isabelle Borg was born in London in 1959 and studied painting at the Camberwell School of Art in London . After graduating in 1986 she spent a short time in West Berlin before returning to Malta in 1988 and setting up her own studio in Floriana. Isabelle qualified MA in History of Art at the University of Malta . She has worked at the university since 1994 as a full-time lecturer of Art and History of Art. |
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| Isabelle prepared a nice cup of fresh ground coffee and soon she started talking about her recent years of painting. While she was talking, at certain times, she stops and she refers to a painting for example the time she spent with her mother in Florence , it is marked with some paintings of the Florentine gardens and paintings of the scene from the window of the apartment. |
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