Barbara Rae RA has made printmaking an integral part of her artistic activity since her student days. Monoprints, screenprints and etchings inform her approach to painting which combines the influence of landscape and travel with painterly abstraction.
Barbara Rae 'Harbour Night'
2005
Coloured etching and collagraph on zerkall paper.
Printed by Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
'Harbour Night' is one of Rae's favourite prints.
In the words of the art critic Andrew Lambirth: "Yellow lines of energy or light cross the lower middle section like straws in the wind, while the pinks and purples block out the main volumes, overlaid by a fretwork of darker lines. It is a deeply satisfying image, uniting the skills of the technician at Peacock Visual Arts, Mike Waight, with the artists vision, in a compelling study of light and dark, line and volume, rhythm and clarity of statement."
Her pieces are so complex because to get the kind of result she wants there has to be quite a number of layers, this piece shows two boats in the harbour at night. one of my favourite quotes from Rae is "Im not a landscape painter. What interests me is anything altered by mankind's hand, historical components, things that make the spirit if a place." With her use of colours it proves that she tries to create piece of art that stray from the original image. I like this piece because it doesn't consist of very many colours but as they are all contrasting against each other they all stand out from one another.
The part of this print that stands out the most to me is the white strip on the larger boat. i like that all of the colours that are used i this piece are not even close to the natural colour of the original landscape.
http://www.barbararae.com
Printed by Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
'Harbour Night' is one of Rae's favourite prints.
In the words of the art critic Andrew Lambirth: "Yellow lines of energy or light cross the lower middle section like straws in the wind, while the pinks and purples block out the main volumes, overlaid by a fretwork of darker lines. It is a deeply satisfying image, uniting the skills of the technician at Peacock Visual Arts, Mike Waight, with the artists vision, in a compelling study of light and dark, line and volume, rhythm and clarity of statement."
Her pieces are so complex because to get the kind of result she wants there has to be quite a number of layers, this piece shows two boats in the harbour at night. one of my favourite quotes from Rae is "Im not a landscape painter. What interests me is anything altered by mankind's hand, historical components, things that make the spirit if a place." With her use of colours it proves that she tries to create piece of art that stray from the original image. I like this piece because it doesn't consist of very many colours but as they are all contrasting against each other they all stand out from one another.
The part of this print that stands out the most to me is the white strip on the larger boat. i like that all of the colours that are used i this piece are not even close to the natural colour of the original landscape.
http://www.barbararae.com
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