Meet Gretel

Gretel Warner, based in Essex, creates art that explores the emotional complexity of the human experience. Focusing on oil painting, charcoal, and pastel, her work embraces the fluidity of these mediums to express fluctuating emotions. For Gretel, the creative process is an exploration rather than a pursuit of perfection, where materials are shifted, layered, and erased until a resonant expression emerges.

A graduate with a first-class honours BA in Fine Art in 2018, Gretel was awarded the Owen Rowley Prize for her graduate work. She began her full-time art career in 2022 and has since exhibited nationally and internationally, and independently hosted a solo exhibition in London

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Gretel’s work is deeply influenced by the experience of being a woman in today’s world, often incorporating autobiographical elements. While feminist in nature, her recent work also delves into human connections, emotional shifts, and the subtle interactions between individuals and the broader world. Inspired by the transient nature of emotions, she explores how internal monologues shape behaviour, embracing both moments of euphoria and despair.

For Gretel, painting is a vital means of release, a way to unpack and express the full spectrum of human emotion.

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