Ruth Ander
After completing a BA (Hons) in Illustration at the University of the West of England, Ruth has continued to evolve and hone her unique monoprint technique, which she uses to great effect to convey the light of sea and land. Her pictures are delicate, translucent drifts of colour on fine tissue paper and traditional hand-made Japanese paper or velvety scratched drypoint lines layered with texture and colour. Painted prints or printed paintings, the results are multi-layered impressions.
Early in her career she was short listed for the Emerging Artist award at the Royal West of England Academy Open exhibition and won the Society of Graphic Fine Art's Best Work in Colour, and has gone on to have work shown in prestigious print exhibitions at the Atkinson Gallery in Somerset and The Shire Hall in Stafford and in open competitions at such well-regarded venues as the Royal West of England Academy, Black Swan Arts in Frome and with the Society of Painter Printmakers.
In recent years she has completed a year long printmaking scholarship at the University of the West of England and has undertaken a residency at Lizard Point Lighthouse resulting in exhibitions in Helston and London. She was selected for Stroud Museum in the Park’s ‘Material Flow’ exhibition and Printfest 2020 in Ulverston, Cumbria. She exhibits widely in both group and solo shows. She lives and works in Bristol and is a member of Spike Print Studio.
“Humans have always been drawn to the edges of the land- the places with a sense of freedom, escape and clarity. I, too, am drawn to them and try to express their sublimity through my work.”
“I am a print maker who can't make an edition! My pieces start as a series of between 4 and 10 etchings or drypoints with collage ‘printed into’ them- already making each print unique. Each piece is then worked on in my home studio with mono-print added by hand as well as collage, the end result being several completely unique artworks on paper, albeit with a a family resemblance. Mixing line and gestural mark making, they are layered, textural evocations of place. “
Most of my pieces are the result of walks taken in solitude (often early, as the sun rises). These are an escape, an inspiration, time with no other calls on me from others, and a time to completely connect with nature and my context in the world. I often seek to represent the topography of the Bristol Channel or rolling landscapes and ancient sites of Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset. The results are something between an old Italian fresco, an English Romantic painting and a Japanese woodblock print.”
-Ruth Ander
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