Hello, I’m Aileen Hamilton.

I’ve always been drawn to quiet places — landscapes that feel remembered and layered. My work explores how those places live inside us.

Dusty, muted terrain shapes my work as much as vibrant, waterlogged fields and boglands. I grew up in rural Ireland, surrounded by ever-changing skies and rivers. Now based in Spain’s Garraf region and often traveling between both places, I’m drawn to their cycles of transformation — the dry, brittle plants and red soil of Catalunya, the saturated, fertile earth of Ireland. Each holds a different kind of memory.









Near my studio in Garraf, a dry riverbed has become a central place in my work. I return to it often — walking its flat, cracked course, observing the cliffs of clay, noting what water leaves behind. After rain, it floods quickly. The soil hydrates, plant life is submerged, and a muddy, surging energy takes over. This contrast - between flowing vitality and dry stillness - continues to shape my current work in subtle, persistent ways.

My practice is driven by process, moving between traditional techniques and experimental forms. I engage with unconventional methods - allowing works to overflow, extend beyond frames, or emerge organically from walls. I explore a style that blends expressive, flowing brushwork, gestural line drawing, and deliberate structural elements.

When I’m immersed in a painting’s rhythm, my process becomes intuitive - each mark a response, a variation, a dialogue with those that came before.

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