Print Exhibition
Rachael
Kantaris
1st March - 29th June
Rachael
Kantaris produces bold, luscious etchings which are intensely rich
in their use of colour and texture.
She was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1967, and spent much of her childhood in Cornwall. She studied at Falmouth School of Art, and went on to Brighton University to complete her degree in Visual and performing Arts before achieving an MA in Fine Art Printmaking.
She has travelled widely and had a varied career which includes residencies at Tapestry Studios of Australia in Melbourne, and four months in a large print studio in Berlin making silkscreens and etchings.
She was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1967, and spent much of her childhood in Cornwall. She studied at Falmouth School of Art, and went on to Brighton University to complete her degree in Visual and performing Arts before achieving an MA in Fine Art Printmaking.
She has travelled widely and had a varied career which includes residencies at Tapestry Studios of Australia in Melbourne, and four months in a large print studio in Berlin making silkscreens and etchings.
"One From The Heart"
"Playa
Coyote"
Rachael
returned to Cornwall in 1994 and began working at Trevor Price Studios
where she professionally editioned etchings for St. Ives artists, whilst
also making new work of her own. She joined the Porthmeor Printmakers
in 1995, helping to set up the open access studio, where she now oversees
the running of the workshop programme and is strongly involved in all
new developments.
"Aeolian"
"Love Letter"
"I
want the viewer to be seduced and drawn into the piece, and for there
to be a sense of movement in which the colours resonate.
Etching is a very physical medium, often involving quite textured and deeply embossed areas, and I use and explore this sculptural quality in my work. I like the contradiction between the craft of working with metal, and the very painterly image which I aim to achieve on paper. Above all I love the richness of etching - it has an almost sumptuous quality - a soft velvety surface texture unique to this medium."
Etching is a very physical medium, often involving quite textured and deeply embossed areas, and I use and explore this sculptural quality in my work. I like the contradiction between the craft of working with metal, and the very painterly image which I aim to achieve on paper. Above all I love the richness of etching - it has an almost sumptuous quality - a soft velvety surface texture unique to this medium."