Essence

E S S E NC E H E AT H H E AR N DAW N S TAC E Y RO S E M A RY VAN N S

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ESSENCE 17 SEP–01 OCT 2016 H E AT H H E A R N DAW N S TA C E Y RO S E M A RY VA N N S

Please join us for the exhibition opening at White Space Art, 72 Fore St, Totnes TQ9 5RU Wine and nibbles, Saturday 17 Sept, 12-4pm

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Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell, luminaries of the Bloomsbury set, believed art should be self-contained and not rely on external elements for its significance. In other words, imitating nature is not adequate for a work of art; the formal elements in the artwork need to interact to capture the essence of nature, not its surface.

Secondly, Fry and Bell believed primitive art to be the highest artistic achievement.

In this exhibition we have three artists of whom we are hopeful Fry and Bell would be proud. Heath Hearn follows in a line of Cornish artists who have embraced the primitive, he is fascinated by colour and naive expressionism. Stepping on the trail set by Roger Hilton and Peter Lanyon, Hearn’s landscapes do not focus on the beauty of nature alone, but on the fragile and sometimes crude relationship between man-made structures and natural environment. He beguilingly creates a self-contained world within his work.

Likewise Dawn Stacey, although, her dreamlike paintings are more figurative, her distorted scale and perspective skew the work away from the representational. Indebted to her textile training she captures the essence of her subjects while the finished work conjures images of faded frescoes and tapestries.

Rosemary Vanns also worked with success in textile design. Her bold, earthy work usually contains still life or primitive landscape.

Strong lines and vibrant colour dominate her increasingly naive paintings. Using acrylic, collage and charcoal she strips away the extraneous to reveal only the minimum in depicting her subjects.

1 (cover) DAWN

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Emerging Lake acrylic on canvas 61 x 61cms

2 H E AT H

H E A R N

Awakening of Spring oil on canvas 90 x110cms

3 H E AT H

HEARN

Cobalt Aquarium oil on panel 50 x 100cms

4 H E AT H

HEARN

Stuck by this River oil on panel 21 x 80cms

5 H E AT H

H E A R N

Drifting at the Waterline oil on panel 60 x 60cms

6 H E AT H

HEARN

In the Blue Autumn Moon oil on panel 60 x 60cms

7 H E AT H

HEARN

Super Talisman in Blue oil on canvas 100 x 100cms

8 H E AT H

H E A R N

Searching for the Magic II oil on canvas 90 x 90cms

9 H E AT H

HEARN

Nude on Blue oil on panel 60 x 60cms

10 DAWN

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Silent Lake Moment acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cms

11 DAWN

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Beneath the Moon acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cms

12 DAWN

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Mysterious Crimson Lake acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cms

13 DAWN

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First Light acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cms

14 DAWN

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In the Hedgerow acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cms

15 DAWN

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Morning Air acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cms

16 RO S E M A RY VAN NS

Small Cakes Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 23cm x 28cm

17 RO S E M A RY VAN NS

Two Fruit Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 15 x 20cms

18 RO S E M A RY VA N N S

Harbour With Boats Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 23cm x 28cm

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Early English Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 15cm x 20cm

Harbour & Boats at Low Tide Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 45cm x 45cm

21 RO S E M A RY VANNS

High Street No 1 Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 24cm x 30cm

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High Street No 2 Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 24cm x 30cm

Chapel in the Forest Acrylic, collage and charcoal on board 29cm x 29cm

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Published by White Space Art, Totnes to accompany the exhibition, Essence, 17 September - 1 October 2016 Š White Space Art, all rights reserved

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