Barbara Rae RA, Winter Light, Lammermoor

Winter Light, Lammermoor, 1997

Barbara Rae RA (b. 1943)

RA Collection: Art

This painting is based on drawings made in the Lammermuir Hills in January and February of 1997. It was then completed in one working session at Barbara Rae’s studio.

Rae explained that she visited the area in midwinter because it is then that the starkness of the landscape is evident and the structure and outlines of pylons, tracks, fences and burnt heather are clearer.

Rather than recording external appearances, Rae finds a painterly equivalent for the experience, translating it into bold gestural sweeps and blocks of colour, and scratching into the surface with the handle of a brush. As Rae explained ‘During January’s snow there were some incredible sunset-quality colours: inky blues, pale mauves and lavenders, pink fluffy clouds. Obviously strong rose and purple were not present – but the feeling, the atmosphere of pink, indigo and purple was there.'

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Object details

Title
Winter Light, Lammermoor
Artist/designer
Barbara Rae RA (b. 1943)
Date
1997
Object type
Painting
Copyright owner
Medium
Acrylic and collage on canvas
Dimensions

1832 mm x 1980 mm x 40 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
03/1211
Acquisition
Diploma Work given by Barbara Rae RA accepted 1997
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