RITA BROWN
Atmospheric and intriguing mixed media work
RITA BROWN
CONTEMPORARY FINE ARTIST
The Fossil Collection
This body of work was inspired by the fossil remains at Kimmeridge Bay. I love the marks and textures left by the erosion of the sea. I spend a lot of time slowly walking the bay looking at the patterns and colours in the ledges that the sea has revealed since my last visit. Geology and palaeontology have always been a strong influence in my abstract paintings. I think that it must be the intricate structures and the earth colours of the pigments that attract me. I have a large collection in my studio of rocks, shells, fossils and frequently refer to them for inspiration.
In this collection I have tried to express the textured surfaces of the rock s and ledges. The sea washing over them and the light reflected on the emerging fossils.
Many of these small paintings are highly textured and sanded back revealing the layers beneath. Some contain textured fossil images that I have sculpted from acrylic texture pastes. My materials are archival and finished with UV protective varnish.
"In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the Earth" Rachel Carson
The first few images show detail of the texture and layers.
Crab detail.jpg
Detail from Fosil Bed 14
Amonite detail.
Another ammonite with raised surface detail from Fossil Bed 17.
Between the ledges 2 detail.
This image shows layers of paint rubbed back, collage and build up of texture.
Shell detail
Detail from between the Ledges 1
Detail of embedded fossil.
From Between the Ledges 5.
Ammonite detail
From Between the Ledges 2
Shell detail
Detail from Between the Ledges 2
The best way to appreciate the beauty of these paintings is to visit the studio.
THE PAINTINGS
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Fossil Bed 26
Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 15x50cm. Frame 28x63cm. £375
Fossil Bed 27.
Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 13x48cm. Frame 28x63cm. £375
Let's Go Fossiling.
Mixed media on board. Image 38x38cm. Frame 53x53cm £375
Black Ven.
Black Ven is an area between Charmouth and Lyme regis where Mary Anning explored for fossils. Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 38x38cm. Frame 53x53cm. £375
Between the Ledges No.1.
The ledges are the hard rocks that form the sea bed. They look like great slabs of dark paving that jut out into the sea. As they slowly erode they reveal fossil remains and creat pools of water. Mixed media on panel. Image 50x50cm. Frame 57x57cm £520
Between the Ledges No.2.
Mixed media on panel. Image 50x50cm frame 57x57cm £520
Between the Ledges No. 3
Mixed media on pane. Image 30x30cm Frame 37x37cm £375
Between the Ledges No. 4.
Mixed media on panel. Image 30x30cm. Frame 34x34cm £375
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Fossil Bed No.55
Acrylic on canvas. Image 30x30cm Frame 46x46cm £375
Fossil Bed 6
Mixed media on canvas. Image 25x25cm. Frame 37x37cm £360
Fossil Bed 7
Acrylic on canvas. Image 30x30cm. Frame 36x36cm £375
Fossil Bed 8
Mixed media on canvas. image 25x25. Frame 37x37cm £360
Fossil Bed No.9
Mixed media on canvas. Image 30x30cm. Frame 36x36cm £375
Fossil Bed No. 10
Mixed media on panel. Image 30x30cm. Frame 46x46cm £375
Fossil Bed 11.
Mixed media on panel. Image 30x30cm. Frame 46x46cm £375
Fossil Bed 12.
Mixed media on panel with an embedded lobster. Image 30x30cm Frame 46x46cm £375
Fossil Bed 14.
Mixed media on panel with an embedded imge of a crab. Image 30x30cm. Frame 46x46cm. £375
Fossil Bed 16.
Mixed media on panel. Image 30x30cm. Frame 36x36cm. £375
Fossil Bed 17.
Mixed Media on panel. Image 30x30cm. Frame 36x36cm. £375
Fossil Bed 18.
Mixed media on panel. Image 30x30cm. Frame 36x36cm. £375
Fossil Bed 21.
Mixed media on board set in to a deep mount. Image 20x20cm. Frame 43x43cm £350
Fossil Bed 19.
Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 20x20cm. Frame 43x43cm. £350
Fossil Bed 20.
Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 28x28cm. Frame. 43x43cm. £375
Fossil Bed 24
Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 24x24cm. Frame 43x43cm. £350 SOLD
Fossilised Crab
Mixed media on board set into a deep mount. Image 24x24cm. Frame 43x43cm £350
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