Toni Cogdell was born in Bristol, England, in 1979. While exhibiting her work across the UK and internationally, she has honed her process and technique combining acrylic, spray paint, collage and oil paint to give voice to her expression; a personal style seeking to connect with the world around her.
Painting intuitively, in the space between figuration and abstraction Toni finds a freedom which allows her to go deeper into the intangible substance of the psyche and memory, all the pieces that make up the human condition, without restricting or enforcing definitive ideas. Pulling recognisable objects, text and symbols into the work while allowing space for the unknown, unpredictable force of the paint itself, her paintings are looking for a balance, a coming together of moments, a kind of imperfect beauty.