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Reflections in a Rockpool

The art of kitchen design

The unique flavour of our Tunbridge Wells showrooms is the feeling of walking into someone’s home. When you walk through the front door, part of this home-from-home feel is created by the original pieces of artwork and ceramics we have hanging on the walls and adorning the shelves throughout the four floors.

This month we are shining a spotlight on the work of talented, young artist, Georgie Stephens whose “Reflections in a Rockpool” is the centrepiece of our latest display – a fusion of urban chic and industrial materials.

Here she tells us more about what inspired her beautiful painting.

Urban kitchen with exposed brick, Gaggenau appliances and pink handpainted butchers block.

A word from the artist, Georgie Stephens

“Cornwall, in particular the North Cornish coast, has been a constant in my life in a way such few other things have. Fine Art has not been so consistent a love, but underlying these periods between has always been an unwavering fondness and necessity for making. Be it textiles, architecture or framing, the joy found in craft has never not been central to my life.”

Georgie Stephens seascape art North Cornwall

Love for a place and the art of making

“This variety has led me to a practice of mixed media. I find this approach favourable because of its malleable nature. An array of mediums lends itself to a non-linear painting process, toying back and forth with various layouts and finishes, until the composition is both full and balanced.

The particular difficulties of this come in trying to place water, sky, sand and greenery; all sizeable bodies that need to command their own distinct space, to create depth in the landscape. Yet they must also allow for softer moments, where they abstract and spill over into one another, settling in harmony.”

Georgie Stephens seascape art North Cornwall
North Cornwall art Polzeath rockpool

What lies beneath

“Recently, I’ve been focusing on the textures within silhouettes. By creating intricate details in foliage studies, I aim to mirror the flow of water and the reflections of plant life found within it. Currently I am exploring this through rock pools and creating displays of organic, textural figures.

My intention is to depict reflections in the water’s surface, merging with glimpses of sea life hidden below. This distortion of different visual realities, alludes to the imposition of the self into the external world; as in the rock pool, reflections of the surroundings block the view of the immediate reality below.”

North Cornwall Padstow seascape art

Day-to-day joy

“Previously, I explored distortion by drawing townscapes from memory, emphasising more fond moments through exaggerated scales. This core feeling of memory and attachment to a place depicts the day-to-day joy found there, celebrating the simplicity of domestic fulfilment.

Mixed media has aided this continuous study, as the same ideas have been elaborated through a changing selection of mediums, to develop the presentation of thoughts that have been there all along.”

North Cornwall Padstow seascape art
Chris Prindl Mugs

Pop in for a private tour

Georgie’s painting is currently hanging in our latest display which may be found in the basement of our Tunbridge Wells showrooms, alongside work from other artists such as Lucy Clayton and potter, Chris Prindl.

Our friendly team are on hand to show you around, so why not pop in to 81, Calverley Road on Monday – Friday between 9am – 5.30pm or on Saturdays from 9.30am – 5pm.

If you would like to make an appointment, please call 01732 762682 or email hello@rencraft.co.uk

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