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Press Release | VIV RICHARDS - FEATURED ARTIST | Whitewater Contemporary | May

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Viv Richards | Featured Artist

1stto 30thMay 2022

Viv Richards |June 11th

Throughout May, Whitewater Contemporary presents work by mixed media artist Viv Richards.  Viv escaped a busy life in London, moving to Cornwall in 2017 to paint the beautiful Cornish coast. This new collection is comprised of 23 paintings, each made on separate days by the sea near her home on the North Cornwall coast. Viv's works express the tranquillity of life in the far west, and celebrate Cornwall's vast skies, ocean views, and the sublime feeling of open space. Her images are built up in layers of collage, gouache, oil paint, and sometimes clay, paper pulp or felting wool. Accidental marks are an important part of her practice, and she will often let the nature of her materials, and the effect of outdoor elements such as sun and rain on the surface of her work, dictate the outcome of each piece.

Viv graduated from Central St Martins with a BA in Jewellery Design, and fromWest of England University with a BA in Fine Art. Shehas exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, at Tate Modern London, as part of their Pillow Talk exhibition with South London Women Artists, and at galleries across the UK.

Whitewater Contemporary, The Parade, Polzeath, PL27 6SR.

www.whitewatercontemporary.co.uk | art@whitewatercontemporary.co.uk

 

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Editors Notes

Whitewater Contemporary

Whitewater Contemporary specialises in painting, print, sculpture, studio ceramics and craft by Cornwall's leading contemporary artists, all on show at our beautiful ocean front space in Polzeath, Cornwall. The gallery's sister venue, Whitewater Gallery, which is situated next door, offers an extensive collection of limited edition prints, photography, pottery and handcrafted jewellery.

 

Whitewater Contemporary, The Parade, Polzeath, Cornwall PL27 6SR. Tel: 01208 869301art@whitewatercontemporary.co.uk|www.whitewatercontemporary.co.uk

 


 

For further press information or additional images contact Mercedes Smith at Fine Art Communications director@fineartcommunications.co.uk / Tel 07825 270235 / www.fineartcommunications.co.uk

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