REBECCA HARRIS – Sprinkled – 17 Sept-11 Oct, 2024
New paintings and ceramics
The seven paintings in this exhibition all have a basis in observed reality but appear as if from another realm. Some works flicker with light and are reminiscent of the Pointillist artist George Seurat or the Impressionist Camille Pissaro yet Harris’s consideration of gesture and colour is driven by her own vision and invention.
Before establishing herself as a painter, Rebecca Harris worked in ceramics. In this exhibition she returns to the physicality of clay and paints upon the curved surfaces with lines and daubs which find echoes in her paintings. Plants, animals and patterns intermingle under a high gloss finish.
Rebecca Harris – ARTIST TALK – Sat 28 Sept, 11am
The 6 ceramics above are wall mounted.
All the ceramics in the exhibition were made during 2024 and are hand-painted, slip-cast porcelain. Rebecca first sculpted in clay then created plaster molds into which she poured porcelain slips. Individual parts were then fused together before the built forms were bisque fired. The hard white forms were then hand-painted, clear-glazed and fired to 1170 degrees celsius.
The ceramics are best seen at the gallery but these shots will give an idea.
