About Ruth Cowell
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Education
1970 - 1971
L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier,France
1967 - 1970
Wimbledon School of Art
1966 - 1967
Goldsmiths School of Art
Awards
1986
Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award
Awarded for painting
1970
BA in Fine Art (Hons)
Degree awarded for painting and subsiduary printmaking.
1970
French Government Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to study painting and printmaking at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montpellier, France.
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Event: South East Open Studios
Dates: 5 Jun 2015 - 21 Jun 2015
Exhibiting at Ballards End, Goudhurst, Kent with five other artists as part of the South East Open Studios scheme.
Further details are at www.seos-art.org
Biography
I've drawn and painted for as long as I can remember. Colour and pattern have helped shape my figurative compositions. I work in my studio at home in East Sussex where I look onto fields and wooded hills. My surroundings have inspired me whether flowers in the garden, trees in the woods or fruit on the table. I work from drawings and photographs and often find ideas when on holiday - this years' trips to Shropshire, France and Greece have given me plenty of material.
Influences on my work range from seventeenth century Spanish still life , Gustav Klimt, Edward Hopper and David Hockney. My paintings take a long time to produce, I build the colours up in thin layers of oil paint, subtly blending where necessary and never being afraid to change something if the composition is not working. I do hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I've enjoyed creating it.
Influences on my work range from seventeenth century Spanish still life , Gustav Klimt, Edward Hopper and David Hockney. My paintings take a long time to produce, I build the colours up in thin layers of oil paint, subtly blending where necessary and never being afraid to change something if the composition is not working. I do hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I've enjoyed creating it.
