Rachael Kantaris is a full-time painter and printmaker, living and working in St Ives. She is involved in the running of The Porthmeor Print Workshop, supplies her work to galleries throughout Britain, and teaches at various places including, The Tate Gallery, St Ives, and on the Fine Art Foundation Degree at Cornwall College.
She was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1967, and spent much of her childhood in Cornwall. After completing her B.A. and M.A. at Brighton, she travelled widely, and worked as artist in residence in studios in Berlin and Melbourne. In 1997 she was invited by The British Council to be the main exhibitor in a show of British Contemporary Printmaking which she took to Manila, and whilst there, taught a series of workshops at The University of the Philippines.
This is the first time she has shown her paintings and etchings alongside each other, and marks a recent departure into the language of paint. “Although I have painted almost daily throughout my life, it has previously been in connection with etching and not as a means to an end. Having worked for years to create very painterly etchings, this progression has been both liberating and exciting. Although the process is very different, my concerns remain the same whichever medium I work in ...an ongoing fascination for colour, searching for a sense of movement, and exploring the surface and the space within the painting. In this series of paintings from the last eight months, I have used printed areas of texture combined with layers of paint built up and then rubbed back with a cloth or sand paper. This process of creating and unearthing an image is often a long journey and I’m not sure where it’s going until I get there. Whether etching or painting, it seems that the process of making the work is as important as the final result”.
Please call 01600 714527 or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the painting of your choice.
Works may be collected by arrangement or we can arrange delivery from as little as £20 depending on size and distance. Money back if not entirely satisfied (provided we are informed within 3 days of your item being collected/delivered). Cheques and all major credit cards accepted. Colours may vary between the original works and the reproductions shown here. All works are framed. Please note that the overall sizes of the framed etchings are considerably larger than the stated plate size.
‘Rooftop’
16 x 16” 40 x 40cm (plate size)
etching, edition of 10
‘Hinterland’
16 x 16” 40 x 40cm (plate size)
etching and carborundum
edition of 10
‘Spring Rush’
16 x 16” 40 x 40cm (plate size)
etching, edition of 10
‘Heartland’
16 x 16” 40x 40cm (plate size)
etching, edition of 10
‘Shoreline’
12 x 14” 31 x 36cm (plate size)
etching, edition of 12
‘Deep Red’
17.5 x 24” 45 x 60cm acrylic on board
‘Tourmaline’
19 x 24” 48 x 60cm acrylic on canvas
‘Indian doorway, Mysore II’
17 x 22” 44 x 56cm acrylic on board
‘Full Circle’
16 x 19.5” 40 x 50cm acrylic on canvas
‘Peut Etre’
23.5 x 25” 60 x 64cm acrylic on board
‘Landmarks’
20 x 20” 52 x 52cm acrylic on canvas
‘Vista’
14 x 14” 35 x 35cm acrylic on board
‘Elements’
21 x 21” 54 x 54cm acrylic on canvas
‘Alcove’
10 x 10” 25 x 25cm acrylic on board
‘Aponisos’
23 x 22.5” 59 x 57cm acrylic on board
‘Between two places’
16 x 16” 40 x 40cm acrylic on board
‘Hillside’
12 x 12” 30 x 30cm acrylic on board
From 29th October 2005
Opening times 10.30 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
The Great Atlantic Church Street Gallery
19 Church Street Monmouth NP25 3BX
Telephone: 01600 714527 or 01736 788911
www.greatatlantic.co.uk
e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk
