ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rachel Bone
Hi, I am an Artist, living and working in Hampshire in the UK. I work in pencil, pen, ink, gouache, watercolour, and in ceramics. I often work at an exquisitely small scale, and in monochrome, because this feels direct, compelling and intense.
I have exhibited with the Mall Galleries, London (Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 212th exhibition 2024), Bloomsbury, Bath, Guildford, Portsmouth, Chichester, Petersfield, Havant and Fareham, selling work in the UK, Canada and the USA.
I am interested in the sensory need we have to decorate our own worlds, surrounding ourselves with distinctive surfaces, which inform and reveal us visually within our lives. There is art in the choices we make, in the language of the objects that attract us. Decoration has its own language and design speaks historically of time, context, experience, place and our attitude to notions such as beauty. Beauty, aesthetics, is highly subjective, and therefore where we find beauty and whether having beauty is important within our view of the world is reflected within the surfaces, objects and decorations with which surround ourselves. In this work, I am seeking to be honest about my own visual taste and inclination towards beauty, looking deeply into the way we use the natural world in the pattern, design and ornament that surrounds us and I am creating and playing with miniature stories, connecting and disconnecting with my subject, developing my own personal distinctive language.
I create celebratory, seasonal pieces, tiny pieces of Art, as part of my practice, expanding the reach of and challenging the avenues for exhibiting work. I have been lucky enough to be sent photographs of my work exhibited on Christmas trees around the world.
I love Art, I relish looking at other peoples work and can't imagine a life without the joy of both creating and appretiating.
INSTAGRAM: @RACHELBONEART
Hi, I am an Artist, living and working in Hampshire in the UK. I work in pencil, pen, ink, gouache, watercolour, and in ceramics. I often work at an exquisitely small scale, and in monochrome, because this feels direct, compelling and intense.
I have exhibited with the Mall Galleries, London (Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 212th exhibition 2024), Bloomsbury, Bath, Guildford, Portsmouth, Chichester, Petersfield, Havant and Fareham, selling work in the UK, Canada and the USA.
I am interested in the sensory need we have to decorate our own worlds, surrounding ourselves with distinctive surfaces, which inform and reveal us visually within our lives. There is art in the choices we make, in the language of the objects that attract us. Decoration has its own language and design speaks historically of time, context, experience, place and our attitude to notions such as beauty. Beauty, aesthetics, is highly subjective, and therefore where we find beauty and whether having beauty is important within our view of the world is reflected within the surfaces, objects and decorations with which surround ourselves. In this work, I am seeking to be honest about my own visual taste and inclination towards beauty, looking deeply into the way we use the natural world in the pattern, design and ornament that surrounds us and I am creating and playing with miniature stories, connecting and disconnecting with my subject, developing my own personal distinctive language.
I create celebratory, seasonal pieces, tiny pieces of Art, as part of my practice, expanding the reach of and challenging the avenues for exhibiting work. I have been lucky enough to be sent photographs of my work exhibited on Christmas trees around the world.
I love Art, I relish looking at other peoples work and can't imagine a life without the joy of both creating and appretiating.
INSTAGRAM: @RACHELBONEART