Judith Yarrow. The gate to the lake.
I went to paint for a week at a friend’s house on the shores of Lacanau Lake, in the Gironde region of France, west of Bordeaux near the Aquitaine coast where the Atlantic ocean has a wild and remote feel. The lake in contrast, a couple of miles inland is calm and serene especially in the early morning when I did this painting. We went at the end of February when the yellow mimosa is out in great profusion. You open the gate to all the possibility of a new day by the lake.
This is a limited edition giclee print of exceptional quality and colour matching, on Albrecht Durer watercolour paper, in fade resistant inks, signed and numbered.
This print comes unframed.
Size: H:18 cm x W:19 cm
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Judith Yarrow is an artist and bookmaker living and works in Chipping Norton painting beautiful landscapes by taking inspiration from the British coastline.
1990: moved to Oxfordshire and went back to study for an Art Degree at The Mid Warks College of Art and Design.
Lived and worked on a farm in Wales
Taught Traveller children and worked as a social worker in London.
Studied Art and trained as a teacher at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Born: Jordans, Buckinghamshire.
She has had many solo exhibitions and exhibits widely
STATEMENT
"The inspiration for my landscapes is mainly from the walking I do, especially on Islands, in N.Wales, the South West and other remote places. In my paintings I explore different materials and surfaces, using resist, collage, scratching, acrylics, pastel, inks, oil, lino cuts, etching and book making.
I created a large body of work based on 2 stays on Rathlin Island, which was exhibited at the Beldam Gallery, Brunel University. I am continuing to explore other islands – Coll, Skomer, Ramsey, Scolt Head, Orkney and the Ardnamurchan and Knoydart peninsulars.
A year ago I spent a month’s residency on Shetland, which has led to a series of paintings and a large book which unfolds from inside a larchwood box and can be hung on the wall.
I was involved in a project with writer Shirley Toulson and bookmaker Ama Bolton. We made a pilgrimage to the places C19th landscape painter Samuel Palmer painted in North Wales and The South West. Two artist’s books and a series of paintings were exhibited to mark the bicentenary of Palmer’s birth and included in the Ovada Gallery, (Oxford) exhibition: Quest – Artist as Pilgrim.
In 2006 I was part of a National Trust art project at Chastleton House. In 2007 I was one of 3 artists to respond visually to music, composed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Oxfordshire Artweeks. In 2010 I worked on a personal exploration of Alzheimer’s disease using imagery from my mother’s nursing home garden. This work includes a book, which was exhibited at an international dementia conference in London."
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