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| Angie Lewin, Spey Still Life & Yellow Book (artist copyright) |
Just received some lovely pictures of new Angie Lewin watercolours, ahead of her exhibition in Edinburgh. Is it my imagination, or is there a hint of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in some of these flower paintings? The layering of translucent colours seems to be new, or maybe I'm just looking properly! As ever, the paintings are carefully composed, at once structured and loose, realistic in some ways and stylised in others. Lots of energy too - I love the way the pattern springs away from the Persephone bowl.
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| Angie Lewin, Calendula Study (artist copyright) |
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| Angie Lewin, Dice Cup and Feather (artist copyright) |
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| Angie Lewin, Cone Flower (artist copyright) |
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| Angie Lewin, Persephone Bowl (artist copyright) |
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| Angie Lewin, Wild Garden Seedheads (artist copyright) |
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Angie Lewin, Auden Thalictrum (artist copyright)
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These and other watercolours will be shown in Angie's exhibition 'A Natural Selection' at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, during May. Gallery Director Christina Jansen comments:
"We are delighted to present Angie Lewin’s first solo exhibition
with The Scottish Gallery. She is best known as a designer and
printmaker whose sensitive patterns and motifs are inspired by the
English Arts and Crafts movement and the work of Bawden and
Ravilious. She divides her life between homes in Edinburgh and Speyside
and this geographic diversity is reflected in her plant observations and
interweaving of the natural and domestic worlds.
"She walks, looks and draws; she collects and assembles and her
studio is full of reference material, beautiful in itself witnessing a
life lived in art and nature. Her chosen medium for this exhibition is
watercolour, that most sensitive and difficult medium and her virtuosity
is complete but should be no surprise in the context of her rigorous
apprenticeship. The playful title for this show hints at her obsessive
observing, refined through the artist’s editorial eye to make order out
of chaos."
FFI:
The Scottish Gallery
2 comments:
Ravishing! I love her use of pattern and her sense of colour.
Wonderful, Amazing!!!
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