Mandy Payne (born 1964) is a member of the Contemporary British Painting group and is an artist with a primary interest in portraying the regeneration of inner city environments and the transitory nature of urban communities. Her themes include the contrasts between twentieth century inner-city social housing and modern gentrification.[1][2]
In 2017 she was noted as an artist to watch in the Observer/Guardian Rising Stars list.[21]
Payne often paints directly with aerosols on to concrete. Her compositions – bold arrangements of blank-faced geometric walls, empty windows and deserted walkways – similarly pull no pictorial punches.
As a painter and print-maker she works on a range of surfaces including paper, concrete, etched aluminium and discarded marble work surfaces or floorboards salvaged from the derelict or decommissioned sites she is depicting. She creates stone Lithographs of her drawings and her painting materials include various combinations of aerosol paint, roofing sealant, acrylic and lithographic crayon directly onto board or her purpose made concrete slabs.[24][25]
Life
Prior to 2012 she had a 25 year career as a Dentist in the NHS Community and Hospital Dental Services.[24][26] In 2013 she gained a BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) degree at the University of Nottingham[27] and in 2015 she was awarded a 2 year Fellowship to study stone lithography at Leicester Print Workshop[28] under the tutelage of Serena Smith.[29]