Madeleine Hunter studied theatre for her BA and Foundation. She then worked as an art gallery curator, art teacher and focused on her own artistic practise exhibiting work in shows and she joined Art Atelier in 2008.

In 2010 she did a Masters in Performance Design and Practise where she specialised in Set dressing, props making, art direction and installation where she was able to combine Fine art with Theatre.

During the course she did a placement in Chile doing the art direction for a psycological horror film directed by Rodrigo Velasquez called Naturaleza muerta con insects.

The 'Making of documentary can be seen at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOk_8ewnibg and its progress can be followed at http://stilllifewithinsects.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/gavin-priscilla-still-life-with-insects-welcome-to-the-blog/.

She now works freelance following the two strands of her performance work, and her fine art work, which have many crossovers.

Paintings; 2010-2011

I am interested in transforming the mundane to the magical, seeing the extraordinary in the everyday and the surreal in the real. This collection of miniature paintings explores these ideas. My subjects are usually buildings, vehicles or objects that are usually derelict, but they interest me due to their eccentricity or anthropomorphic quality. Using the medium of Acrylic with other mixed media, I try to bring these subjects alive, and transform them into characters. I feel that by painting this eclectic mix of subjects texturally, and often semi 3-dimensionally, I am giving them a new lease of live, into tiny stage sets with an almost immortal quality.