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(1059) Rebecca Verrall - Resting Lovers
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About this artwork
The piece created for the door to door exhibition is a response work to The Story of the Willow Pattern.
I felt joy when given this image as the story of the willow pattern takes me back to my childhood when I was first told the story. As a child I truly believed it to be real and the image on the plate came alive. I could imagine the lovers flying away in the sky. It seemed all so beautiful. However, when studying fine art I discovered in an art history lecture that it was no more than a tale to sell some plates. There were no lovers and they certainly didn’t shape shift into a couple of swallows and disappear into a happy ever after.
During the creative process I moved from drawing a little girl at a table looking up at her mother’s display of plates on the wall to spending time the swallows. I thought of the swallows back home in summer resting on the wire after a long flight. Taking rest before moving forward into the next chapter of life. Either together, or apart.
About Rebecca
The artwork created is a byproduct of my personal exploration in living. Being human. Being spirit. Being a part of the whole. The works tend to grow in a variety of directions before they settle and I move on to the next. Very little planning takes place prior to the creative process. Being totally present with the materials and what comes up in my own body leads to the birthing of a piece. I often return to previous works. There is a feeling of aliveness and letting go of the need for destination reaching. The work strengthens my understanding of wholeness from one moment to the next.
In viewing the work there’s the opportunity for viewers to explore their own inner workings. I ask the viewer ’what is it YOU see here?’ Where does this work meet you? does it not meet you at all? Who are you in relation to the piece?
Link to Rebecca’s Art Aviso Profile HERE
Rebecca was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
The Potters Ancient craft.
The story of Willow Pattern.
The piece created for the door to door exhibition is a response work to The Story of the Willow Pattern.
I felt joy when given this image as the story of the willow pattern takes me back to my childhood when I was first told the story. As a child I truly believed it to be real and the image on the plate came alive. I could imagine the lovers flying away in the sky. It seemed all so beautiful. However, when studying fine art I discovered in an art history lecture that it was no more than a tale to sell some plates. There were no lovers and they certainly didn’t shape shift into a couple of swallows and disappear into a happy ever after.
During the creative process I moved from drawing a little girl at a table looking up at her mother’s display of plates on the wall to spending time the swallows. I thought of the swallows back home in summer resting on the wire after a long flight. Taking rest before moving forward into the next chapter of life. Either together, or apart.
About Rebecca
The artwork created is a byproduct of my personal exploration in living. Being human. Being spirit. Being a part of the whole. The works tend to grow in a variety of directions before they settle and I move on to the next. Very little planning takes place prior to the creative process. Being totally present with the materials and what comes up in my own body leads to the birthing of a piece. I often return to previous works. There is a feeling of aliveness and letting go of the need for destination reaching. The work strengthens my understanding of wholeness from one moment to the next.
In viewing the work there’s the opportunity for viewers to explore their own inner workings. I ask the viewer ’what is it YOU see here?’ Where does this work meet you? does it not meet you at all? Who are you in relation to the piece?
Link to Rebecca’s Art Aviso Profile HERE
Rebecca was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
The Potters Ancient craft.
The story of Willow Pattern.
Artist:
Rebecca VerrallMedium:
Oil sticks, pencil, pen, acrylicDimensions:
A4Price:
75 EUR