Sula Rubens

Since graduating from St. Martin's School of Art in 1989, Sula Rubens has lived, painted and exhibited in many countries (including Holland, France, Poland, Spain, Greece and Ireland.) Her work is represented in public and private collections in this country and abroad, including the Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges and the Town Council of Amsterdam. Prizes include the Winsor and Newton Young Artist Award and the Anna Airy Memorial Award. Residencies include the Westerkerk in Amsterdam and currently, Potton Hall Recording Studio in Suffolk.

A remarkable feature of her practice is her use of everyday objects such as photographs, stamps, labels, scraps of wallpaper or floor lino as well as drawings. Sometimes these items are incorporated in a work as collage. Other times they suggest elements of her environment, the Suffolk coastline, where she has lived and worked since 1999. This coast, with its tides, erosions, reed marshes, ships and the ever-changing light has a strong presence in her work.

She gradually builds up the paintings and drawings in layers, using a wide variety of media: oil paint, graphite, soft pastel, charcoal, collage and printmaking techniques. Often the etchings incorporate the chine colle technique.

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