Lawley’s painterly surfaces become liminal spaces where enigmatic female figures dwell at the thresholds between immanence and transcendence, prehistory and futurity, inside and outside. The female body as an ever-evolving and shape-shifting entity is at the centre of the paintings from the series Yellow Blue. Amorphous blue figures bleed into and permeate vibrant yellow colour fields, in an eternal tussle between the two hues. Even though, or perhaps precisely because, these female bodies may appear porous and permeable, they demonstrate the enduring strength and resilience rooted in the feminine. Thus, they persist and penetrate the patriarchal frame weighing down upon them.Text - Lisa Deml with Laura Allsop

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