Poppy Tingay

She feels tiny in the morning

Poppy Tingay is a London-based portrait and figurative artist. Tingay’s oil paintings explore intimacy, desire and belonging through a female, lesbian gaze. With a focus on domestic settings, Tingay delves into the quieter, less visible aspects of queer life, drawing attention to tender and vulnerable moments within seemingly mundane scenes. Tingay aims to contrast the stereotypical and often sensationalised depictions of queerness found in mainstream media. Tingay’s painting process is slow and painstaking; she builds layers and meticulously refines details. Creating a painting is, to Tingay, an act of devotion. There is an intimacy in the sustained focus and presence with which Tingay studies her subjects. In a world oversaturated with digital imagery, Tingay hopes to offer a counter-perspective to the increasing numbness with which we observe our surroundings.