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Rachel Campbell NZ , b. 1964
The Art Collector, 2022oil and acrylic on canvas36 x 50"SoldFurther images
'The original inspiration for the painting was from a local curator and art-collector friend of mine. She had done a gallery hang in her living room. I then played around..."The original inspiration for the painting was from a local curator and art-collector friend of mine. She had done a gallery hang in her living room. I then played around and substituted a few works on her wall for painters inspiring to me being a Jonas Wood orchid and a Daniel Heidkamp house. ( she also has several of my paintings on the wall, I didn’t substitute them in!)
I am always drawn to repetition of forms. In this painting the paintings felt like small windows into other spaces all on a flat surface. The composition grew from there, with me adding a couch, and a door. The door in particular continued the sense in which the windows and paintings are all opening out into new spaces and taking the viewer on new journeys. The couch was from a cafe back in New Zealand years ago that I drew and loved, the palette was totally just invented and the door into the outdoors is taken from my sisters home and that is a view of her studio. So it’s a composite of things that inspired me put together into this imaginary collector space. It is eclectic and something about the intimacy and fun of collecting." – Rachel Campbell
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