Heidrun Rathgeb, The View from Sollia, 2023 (framed)
Monotype, 15 x 20cm
Heidrun Rathgeb’s practice celebrates - in her words - ‘moments that feel like daily epiphanies’. Whether drawing from the dramatic landscape surrounding her home or capturing intimate moments within domesticity, Heidrun’s small-scale unique and limited edition prints explore ‘states of being’ within today’s often frenetic world. Water is a recurring motif; lakeside cabins, silhouetted canoeing figures and swimmers illuminated by sun or moonlight all appear in her imagery.
Heidrun works using a range of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques including woodcut, etching and monoprint. This is one of four new monoprints that have been specially framed for the 2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. All of these works are related to sketchbook drawings from Heidrun’s travels over the summer - in this case, the location was Sollia, a riverside village in Norway. Printed using watercolour ink, each unique work is made using more than one printing plate, resulting in a a painterly surface with saturated colour. This work is signed and titled on the back.
Heidrun was born in Germany but moved to London in 1993 to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art followed by the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Her work has been exhibited in regular solo and group exhibitions in the UK and Germany; most recently, a solo show of paintings was presented by John Martin Gallery in London (2022). She has undertaken artistic residencies in Norway, Denmark, France, Scotland, Spain, Italy and India.
Heidrun currently lives and works in rural South Germany, with views from her home of Lake Constance and the Alps.
Monotype, 15 x 20cm
Heidrun Rathgeb’s practice celebrates - in her words - ‘moments that feel like daily epiphanies’. Whether drawing from the dramatic landscape surrounding her home or capturing intimate moments within domesticity, Heidrun’s small-scale unique and limited edition prints explore ‘states of being’ within today’s often frenetic world. Water is a recurring motif; lakeside cabins, silhouetted canoeing figures and swimmers illuminated by sun or moonlight all appear in her imagery.
Heidrun works using a range of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques including woodcut, etching and monoprint. This is one of four new monoprints that have been specially framed for the 2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. All of these works are related to sketchbook drawings from Heidrun’s travels over the summer - in this case, the location was Sollia, a riverside village in Norway. Printed using watercolour ink, each unique work is made using more than one printing plate, resulting in a a painterly surface with saturated colour. This work is signed and titled on the back.
Heidrun was born in Germany but moved to London in 1993 to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art followed by the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Her work has been exhibited in regular solo and group exhibitions in the UK and Germany; most recently, a solo show of paintings was presented by John Martin Gallery in London (2022). She has undertaken artistic residencies in Norway, Denmark, France, Scotland, Spain, Italy and India.
Heidrun currently lives and works in rural South Germany, with views from her home of Lake Constance and the Alps.
Monotype, 15 x 20cm
Heidrun Rathgeb’s practice celebrates - in her words - ‘moments that feel like daily epiphanies’. Whether drawing from the dramatic landscape surrounding her home or capturing intimate moments within domesticity, Heidrun’s small-scale unique and limited edition prints explore ‘states of being’ within today’s often frenetic world. Water is a recurring motif; lakeside cabins, silhouetted canoeing figures and swimmers illuminated by sun or moonlight all appear in her imagery.
Heidrun works using a range of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques including woodcut, etching and monoprint. This is one of four new monoprints that have been specially framed for the 2023 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. All of these works are related to sketchbook drawings from Heidrun’s travels over the summer - in this case, the location was Sollia, a riverside village in Norway. Printed using watercolour ink, each unique work is made using more than one printing plate, resulting in a a painterly surface with saturated colour. This work is signed and titled on the back.
Heidrun was born in Germany but moved to London in 1993 to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art followed by the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Her work has been exhibited in regular solo and group exhibitions in the UK and Germany; most recently, a solo show of paintings was presented by John Martin Gallery in London (2022). She has undertaken artistic residencies in Norway, Denmark, France, Scotland, Spain, Italy and India.
Heidrun currently lives and works in rural South Germany, with views from her home of Lake Constance and the Alps.
