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A Conversation with Trees: 28 Sept - 27 Oct Sarah Gillespie: Black Arches
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Sarah Gillespie: Black Arches

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Mezzotint
Edition of 30

30cm diameter (image)
41 x 47cm (framed)

Framed: £950
Unframed: £800

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Mezzotint
Edition of 30

30cm diameter (image)
41 x 47cm (framed)

Framed: £950
Unframed: £800

Mezzotint
Edition of 30

30cm diameter (image)
41 x 47cm (framed)

Framed: £950
Unframed: £800

About the Artist:

Sarah Gillespie (b. 1963) studied 16th & 17th century methods and materials at the Atelier Neo-Medici in Paris before going on to read Fine Art at Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. Born into a (in her own words) chaotic, creative household, Gillespie says of her childhood that art materials were just always around to be experimented with. That and the fact she spent much of her early years outside, exploring the natural world has been pivotal in the artist path she has taken.

Gillespie is most well-known for her detailed, monochrome mezzotints celebrating one of the UK’s most elusive insects, the moth. The artist reminds us that ‘moths, as with other insects, are in serious decline. Since I began studying and drawing moths ten years ago, I have felt more and more aware of their importance and the need to record and draw attention to their fragile beauty.”

Mezzotint, meaning ‘half tone’ in Italian, is a engraving technique by which the artist uses a rocker to roughen the whole surface of the plate, making the deep black background, and the lighter and white tones are created using a process of scraping back smoothing the surface.

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