‘Eyeful of Feathers’, a solo exhibition by Leitrim-based artist Rachel Webb, will open on Friday, May 27 at the Solas Art Gallery, Ballinamore.
Interaction with nature is Rachel’s main source of joy and inspiration, and ‘Eyeful of Feathers’ is an exhibition of paintings that celebrates an ongoing shamanic and sensory relationship with nature.
'Chlorophyll Rush' by Rachel Webb.
After completing a Fine Arts Honours Degree, Rachel specialised in photography and digital montage. Then, in 2020, Rachel began to paint abstract patterns on wooden panels, based on patterns and textures she sees in nature that the Leitrim landscape provokes.
'The Rapunzel Tree' by Rachel Webb.
More recently, these patterns are becoming embedded in landscape images, highly-stylised and brightly coloured, but still incorporating elements observed in the physical world.
For Rachel, these paintings are about a spiritual connection with the environment.
'Meeting Root' by Rachel Webb.
The exhibition will run until Saturday, June 18.
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