Rustlings - Autumn Days by Catherine Rayner
Catherine Rayner, 'Ludlow and Aidan', Silkscreen print, ink and watercolour, H 36 x 56 cm papersize
Sarah Wiseman Gallery is delighted to announce Rustlings - Autumn Days by Catherine Rayner, a solo exhibition by the award-winning children's author and illustrator. In her latest collection of work, Catherine has been inspired by the turning of the seasons, when wild creatures are busily preparing for the winter ahead.
'I'm hoping to convey a sense of 'getting ready for winter', she explains.
Visitors can expect to see new paintings and prints inspired by small creatures, searching out fruit and nuts for their winter stores; gathering of grasses and thistledown for their nests before finally hunkering down for the winter.
'Painting in golds, browns and coppers, and observing animals behaviour over the autumn season; I hope that these new pictures will evoke a feeling of cosiness, encouraging the viewer to feel the chill, hear the crunch of leaves underfoot and smell the scent of the season when they are walking around the exhibition, ' says Catherine.
Using liquid acrylics and silkscreen printmaking, Catherine's lively and expressive line describes movement whilst playing with scale and space. By placing the animal to one side of the paper, for example, she suggests that it has just strayed into the frame and at any moment might just wander off again. Her silkscreens are made expressively and organically often including up to thirty layers of colour.
Catherine Rayner has written and illustrated over a dozen critically acclaimed, award winning picture books for children, since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2004. She is the recipient of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal (other winners include Sir Quentin Blake, Shirley Hughes CBE and Chris Riddell OBE) She has also illustrated books for Michael Bond, Julia Donaldson, Michael Morpurgo and Ursula Moray Williams.
Catherine has worked with Sarah Wiseman Gallery for over a decade with 'Rustlings' her third solo exhibition.
To preview the exhibition prior to the opening, please e-mail info@wisegal.com to request a catalogue.
Please join us for the opening of the exhibition on Saturday 12th October. The artist will be in attendance 1-4pm. Welcome!
