Roadside - Castelfiorentino
Barbara Rae lives and works in Edinburgh and the artist travels greatly. It is these travels which have had a huge influence on her practice. Rather than mixing paints on a palette, Rae applies unmixed acrylic paints to the canvas itself and then pours fluid over them to blend them. Here, the fleeting effects of the earthy landscape are captured along with the heat of the day in this roadside scene taken in the Florentine region of Castelfiorentino in Italy. She has said, “I’m not interested in topographical detail. I need to be able to immerse myself in the culture of a place to create art.”
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Mixed media on board
82.5 x 104.2cm
714
© Dr Barbara Rae. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection, © JP Bland
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
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Barbara Rae, Roadside - Castelfiorentino
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