Louise Giovanelli

The young painter shows us around her new studio at Paradise Works in Salford.

- Sally Hales

How long have you been in this studio? 

For about six months. Before this I was in Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester for around a year and a half. I graduated from Manchester School of Art in 2015.

Why did you move here? 

Rogue closed. It had been in that particular building, an old cotton mill in Ancoats, for about 15 years. But the building was sold for development. The artists wanted to move together but we couldn’t get somewhere central, cheap and big. So we split across two sites. Here, I get to be in the city.

How do you find working here? 

I like it. It is smaller than my other studio but that’s ok. You can get a bit greedy with space. Too much space is problematic because I was honing myself in one corner. It needs to be a bit smaller so you can negotiate the space differently. It has made me make different decisions.

You have your artwork around you. Is that important? 

I do like it. I bounce ideas around, and I never feel like I’m just working on one piece. I feel like all of the walls with things on are one progressive developing thing.

How many pieces do you work on at one time?