Tamsin Relly, Through the Leaves, 2020
Monotype, 33.5 x 40cm
South Africa-born artist Tamsin Relly moved to London in 2009 and received her MA in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School in 2011. Her multi-disciplinary practice, which includes painting, printmaking and photography, reflects on our shifting global climate, and considers the erasure and construction of wilderness.
This unframed monotype has the quality of a watercolour painting and features the artist’s characteristic fluid mark-making. Whilst areas of the composition evoke stems and petals, other forms appear ambiguous. To create these one-off prints, the artist paints onto a perspex plate, allows the paint to partially dry, and then damp paper is placed onto the painted plate before being passed through a printing press. The element of surprise is inherent within this process. Tamsin says; ‘I’m interested in the unpredictability of watercolour printmaking and the ways in which it shifts the images I’m working with.’
Tamsin’s work has been exhibited and collected widely in the United Kingdom and internationally, appearing in group exhibitions at The Royal Academy of Arts, The National Maritime Museum and Sid Motion Gallery, all in London. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions in Paris and Cape Town. Her work is held in collections such as Spier and Ellerman House in South Africa, and Hogan Lovells, Dentons and the National Maritime Museum in London. She has had solo exhibitions hosted by The House of St Barnabas, The Place Downstairs, and Brocket Gallery all in London. Oliver Projects has presented Tamsin’s work in several group exhibitions including ‘Drawing Closer’ in 2020, ‘Into the Light of the Present Day’ in 2021, and the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 202 and 2022. Tamsin is based in south east London.
Monotype, 33.5 x 40cm
South Africa-born artist Tamsin Relly moved to London in 2009 and received her MA in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School in 2011. Her multi-disciplinary practice, which includes painting, printmaking and photography, reflects on our shifting global climate, and considers the erasure and construction of wilderness.
This unframed monotype has the quality of a watercolour painting and features the artist’s characteristic fluid mark-making. Whilst areas of the composition evoke stems and petals, other forms appear ambiguous. To create these one-off prints, the artist paints onto a perspex plate, allows the paint to partially dry, and then damp paper is placed onto the painted plate before being passed through a printing press. The element of surprise is inherent within this process. Tamsin says; ‘I’m interested in the unpredictability of watercolour printmaking and the ways in which it shifts the images I’m working with.’
Tamsin’s work has been exhibited and collected widely in the United Kingdom and internationally, appearing in group exhibitions at The Royal Academy of Arts, The National Maritime Museum and Sid Motion Gallery, all in London. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions in Paris and Cape Town. Her work is held in collections such as Spier and Ellerman House in South Africa, and Hogan Lovells, Dentons and the National Maritime Museum in London. She has had solo exhibitions hosted by The House of St Barnabas, The Place Downstairs, and Brocket Gallery all in London. Oliver Projects has presented Tamsin’s work in several group exhibitions including ‘Drawing Closer’ in 2020, ‘Into the Light of the Present Day’ in 2021, and the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 202 and 2022. Tamsin is based in south east London.
Monotype, 33.5 x 40cm
South Africa-born artist Tamsin Relly moved to London in 2009 and received her MA in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School in 2011. Her multi-disciplinary practice, which includes painting, printmaking and photography, reflects on our shifting global climate, and considers the erasure and construction of wilderness.
This unframed monotype has the quality of a watercolour painting and features the artist’s characteristic fluid mark-making. Whilst areas of the composition evoke stems and petals, other forms appear ambiguous. To create these one-off prints, the artist paints onto a perspex plate, allows the paint to partially dry, and then damp paper is placed onto the painted plate before being passed through a printing press. The element of surprise is inherent within this process. Tamsin says; ‘I’m interested in the unpredictability of watercolour printmaking and the ways in which it shifts the images I’m working with.’
Tamsin’s work has been exhibited and collected widely in the United Kingdom and internationally, appearing in group exhibitions at The Royal Academy of Arts, The National Maritime Museum and Sid Motion Gallery, all in London. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions in Paris and Cape Town. Her work is held in collections such as Spier and Ellerman House in South Africa, and Hogan Lovells, Dentons and the National Maritime Museum in London. She has had solo exhibitions hosted by The House of St Barnabas, The Place Downstairs, and Brocket Gallery all in London. Oliver Projects has presented Tamsin’s work in several group exhibitions including ‘Drawing Closer’ in 2020, ‘Into the Light of the Present Day’ in 2021, and the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 202 and 2022. Tamsin is based in south east London.
