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February 2014 Volume 3 No. 2
VISUAL LANGUAGE contemporary fine art
Stinger Studio
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Austin, TX
Fragments (A Metaphor For Life) Rae Andrews is an Australian ex-patriot who moved to Austin, Texas after living on Maui for twelve years. When asked what she likes to paint, she smiles , answering ,”that’s easy, everything. I paint anything from landscapes to florals, portraits, seascapes and even abstracts, although when painting the latter, I always try to have some recognizable areas to identify, unlike a lot of my very talented peers”. Rae’s latest solo show, called Fragments (A Metaphor For Life), is currently running at Stinger Studio (a part of Hill Country Design and Gallery in Georgetown just north of Austin), and runs till the end of January 2014. It comprises of semi abstracted colorful imagery, with a mix of landscape and florals . Rae admits, “having just experienced the very sad loss of my sister in Australia, this show has been very cathartic for me. I needed to let my mind ‘explode’ with color and replace my grief with peace”. She admits there is something completely Zen-like for every artist when they get ‘involved’ in the whole process of their painting. “We are truly blessed individuals to have this pastime in our life”. Never one to get too comfortable with her work, Andrews likes to mix her mediums, not necessarily in the one painting but seems comfortable exploring oils, acrylics, watercolors as well as pastels. Two noticeable element in her work are color and movement , where she pushes the envelope a lot, veiling and overlapping one color over another giving her viewers a sense of visual confusion, yet still able to discern the subject’s theme. “It must be my watercolor background I guess”, she says when asked about this veiling technique apparent in most of her latest paintings. Rae says she will often begin a painting with just veils of color, no preconceived notion of what the subject will be. Over these ‘veils’ she fits and superimposes her subject . “The confusion is what I love about this way of painting” she says, “I never know how things will turn out, a lot can change during the process, and I have to be willing to just go with the angst”. So what is her favorite medium? “I used to own the Northside Art School in Sydney and taught in the Charles Sturt University northwest of Sydney, where for many years I painted and taught only watercolor with some mixed water media. I became better known for this medium in Australia although I still dabbled in all the others as well even in those days.” In her twelve years on Maui she owned two art galleries, and sold directly to her public. “I loved my life on Maui, paint for a few hours, went for a swim, then back in the gallery to paint again, it was quite a perfect existence”, she says with a smile on her face.Her work was always different to the larger art world on Maui. Rae says she has long admired realistic painting, and in her earlier years of ‘finding herself’ in Australia she did a lot of them, and as with a lot of artists , she wanted to challenge herself, and be different.
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Now living in Austin, Andrews still continues painting and teaching her many techniques, there are no more fish and turtles she admits, they have been replaced with a much wider and diverse imagery now, however the color and drama is still there. This artist simply loves to paint and play, she says “I cannot visualize a day in my life without painting�.
Tree Focus 36 x 36 Acrylic
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Santorini Cliff Hangers 30 x 40 Acrylic
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Flood Plain 36 x 36 Acrylic
Synergy 2 36 x 36 Acrylic
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Synergy 30x 40 Acrylic See Rae’s Solo Show, Fragments (A Metaphor For Life) at Stingers Studio 1623 Rivery Blvd, Georgetown Texas Phone 512 869 5544 Hours : Monday and Saturday (by appointment only) Tuesday through Friday 10 - 5.30pm Or contact Rae at: www.yessy.comraeandrews raeandrewsgallery.blogspot.com
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