EXHIBITION- REBEKAH MCBRIDE; DEAD CANVASES

When the painting begins it doesn’t mean anything, only when its finished is the story understandable. Working on-top of an older print allows me to either ignore or incorporate the background, every time it’s in a new world.

The oldest painting in this collection is 4 years old. The non-diegetic symbols are the ancient Irish language Ruins, which is coded from a French phrase. Language is a big influence in my work, the ability communicate indirectly with the use of symbols. Each piece can be deconstructed and broken into a story.

Painting makes me feel like a scientist, day after day I get to experiment with colour, texture, and composition, creating stories, or applying colour theory, testing people’s reactions.

1 perfect world, 67x97cm, framed canvas, £100
2 Flâneur, 64x85cm, plywood, £100
3 love note, 61x52cm, framed canvas, not for sale
4 ok, 70x54cm, framed canvas, £150
5 aesthetics of shape in space, 64x89cm, framed canvas, £200
6 born dead 1, 96x56cm, framed canvas, £200
7 born dead 2, 35x39cm, framed canvas, £150
8 Aesthetics of shape in space 2, 49x57cm, framed canvas, £100