About this Event
Join Us for the ELP Artist Talk with Rachel Gracey RE!
Printmaker Rachel Gracey RE uses lithography for her rural and urban landscapes and seascapes with the aim of breathing light between their shifting forms. “When I become familiar with a place, I begin to draw and paint and I’ll use anything to hand – watercolour, gouache, felt tips, crayons, biros – whatever works to capture the essence of a place, the mood, the drama, the stillness.”
Rachel sees printmaking as “a wonderful way of simplifying my sketches, paring back what matters in an image and causing just the key marks, lines, blocks of colour to remain. Lithography is wonderful because if I’ve used a range of materials in my sketching, I can, mostly, replicate similar textures, washes and lines with tusche on my zinc plates, then lithography will always surprise me with added texture and alternative marks.”
In her talk Rachel will discuss how she translates her sketches into large, complex, multi colour prints, and the influence of her local landscape in North Oxford, music and literature. We will have the privilege of seeing some of Rachel's prints and lithographic plates in person.
Rachel’s work is held in the collections of HM Queen Elizabeth II, The British Museum, The Fitzwilliam Museum, The Ashmolean Museum, Guanlan Printmaking Museum.
She has had exhibitions at: Zuleika Gallery, Bankside Gallery, London Original Print Fair, Pitzhanger Manor, Watts Contemporary Gallery, Woolwich Works and many others.
*Doors will only open 5 minutes before the start, due to a tight turn around beforehand.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
East London Printmakers C.I.C, 42 Copperfield Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
