Rachael Errington – opening 26th Nov 6-8pm
Moon Rising $950 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Sun Setting $950 Status: Under Option - Upcoming Exhibition
Strolling Through Autumn $5,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Brilliant Birches $6,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Moonstruck Woods $5,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Forest Study $1,850 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Bluebells Study $1,850 Status: Sold
Light and Mist Study $1,850 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Morning Mist Over The Valley $3,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Arrow River $2,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
A Peaceful Place $6,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Summer Thistles $7,950 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Light Over The Lake $6,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Moonlight Lake $5,250 Status: Available - Upcoming Exhibition
Serenity $5,250 Status: Available
Light Spring Mist $6,250 Status: Sold
Sunrise $7,250 Status: Available
Twilight $8,500 Status: Available
Autumn Storm Over Lake $6,250 Status: Available
We are pleased to invite you and your guests to meet Rachael at the opening of her upcoming solo show
Date: Tuesday 22nd November
Time: 6-8pm
Venue:Exhibitions Gallery, 19a Osborne Street, Newmarket, Auckland
Phone 09 523 5560 or Ngaire 021 415 449
enquiries: auckland@exhibitionsgallery.co.nz
Rachael Errington’s first painting, when she was just three years of age was a brightly coloured crayon picture on the freshly painted white hallway.
Rachael grew up in the middle of an English wood where she, with her brother, spent most of their time building dens and treehouses.
This beginning has undoubtedly cemented Rachael’s enduring fascination with trees.
Although Rachael’s BA (Hons) is in Illustration, her studies included photography, textiles and printmaking; all of which have informed the way she paints now. After various creative endeavours and travels, including a research trip to Asia to study the influence culture has on art; Rachael relocated to New Zealand and is now absorbed in the diversity that this landscape presents.
As time has progressed, Rachael’s tree paintings have taken on a life of their own. Intricate textures of bark created with modelling paste and other ‘secret’ compounds are tactile and 3-dimensional. The colours are the depth and warmth of autumn and the fresh lime green tones of spring. Fascinated by the ever-changing play of filtered light Rachael encourages the viewer to step into the woods, to smell it, to feel it and to be soothed.
While formulating the structure and colours of the work in her mind Rachael freely admits to spending quite a lot of time staring at a blank canvas.
“I’m endlessly fascinated with using different techniques to recreate colours. I love been able to squash colour across a surface”.
While Rachael states that Edgar Degas and Gustav Klimt are artists that have influenced her, she constantly draws inspiration while walking and hiking and from her extensive photography collection, to date over 5000 images.
“My work is emotive – It is all I ever want to do. “
