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Rebecca Andrew - Contemporary Artist
beckyeandrew@aol.com
I am a contemporary painter and print- maker who explores overlaps and combined approaches to these processes.Working with abstract form, gesture, scale, colour and texture in an organic and process driven way, gives freedom to my creative process and authenticity to my expressions with the aim of providing space for acknowledgement and reflection upon the multifaceted emotional experiences common to us all.
Background
With an arts education beginning in graphics and illustration, I have worked my way through to the removal of figurative references and complete abstraction in my gestural and expressive outcomes.
Working in art education in a variety of formal and informal learning environments as a Community Artist, an F.E Tutor and an Arts Tutor and Art History Lecturer in the Adult Learning Sector has allowed me the opportunity to research and investigate my own processes whilst gaining insight into the processes my learners go through and the valuable space provided by the creative process itself.
Currently completing an MA in Fine Art at the University of Central Lancashire, I explore themes of loss, faith, presence and the absence of presence, spirituality and the influence of biological rhythms in the creation of emotive works of art.
I explore the cross sensory experience of visual and auditory perception, extracting the emotional content of music through gestural and emotional responses to the rhythm, pitch and flow of interweaving harmonies.
My work has featured in a number of on- line and physical magazines and exhibitions, including a six page feature and interview in "Art Reveal".
I am currently working as a published Art Critic in collaboration with London - based Arts Collective "Art Love", in conjunction with developing my own creative practice.
Process
Using painting as a tool for making sense of emotion, my work is immediate and responsive, employing automatic, organic processes without a pre- determined design in mind.
I use combinations of acrylic, oil, ink and chalk, allowing different surfaces such as wood, raw canvas and metal to interact with varied viscosities and textures as my work takes shape.
I go through a process of layering up, knocking back and scraping through with varied tools (including hands and feet), pressures, marks, movements and directions, turning the canvass around, balancing and re-balancing until the work reaches its natural climax.
My work is created in the company of music, influencing gestural movements and biological rhythms embodied in paint.
Education
2019 - P
University of Central Lancashire - M.A Fine Art Studio Practice
1997 - 1998
University of Bolton - DTLLS Level 6
1999 - 2002
University of Central Lancashire - B.A Hons Illustration
1997 - 1999
Lancaster and Morcambe School of Art and Design - G.N.V.Q Advanced Art and Design, Graphics and Illustration
Employment
2019 - Present Freelance Artist, Writer and Co- Founder of "Art Uncooked" collective https://artuncooked.wixsite.com/my-site
2014 - Present
Lancashire Adult Learning - Tutor of Art/ Art History Lecturer
2008 - 2014
Bolton Community College - Visiting Lecturer of Art
2002 - 2008
Community Artist and Administrator
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07759621534