For Guimi You, art is tender and nostalgic. With a palette of pale colours and soft tones, her work has a transportive quality. Each painting has a sense of magic infused within it. Dreamy skies, otherworldly scenes and fanatical animals are brought together with oil on linen. You’s inspiration often begins with a walk. Sometimes in the garden, or on her daily journey to the studio. These walks remind her of unlimited possibilities – the ability to find beauty everywhere. As a child, You admired surrealists including Salvador Dali and René Magritte.Their obscure approach to everyday objects and imaginary realities can be seen in her enigmatic paintings.