“I love it when people connect with the work; perhaps it triggers a childhood memory or allows them to dream of a better world or just dream…”
Starting with very rough sketches, I translate some of them into paintings or handmade prints. My handbag is full of scribbles on the backs of receipts or napkins because you never know when an idea may arrive.
I’ve been creating for over two decades and my love of storytelling started with a Performing Arts background and the dreamy, whimsical themes from a tendency to 'switch off' from the world around me.
I like to combine my ideas with ancient printmaking techniques, particularly etching, as I can achieve multiple prints with a beautiful, crafted vintage feel where each one is handmade and therefore unique.
My tidy studio (nothing like my handbag) in North London is where the chaos of my ideas find order and come to life.
I enjoy the texture and atmosphere I can create with monotypes and try to capture an expressive gesture, a short moment of beauty where the soul of the person or place can be felt.
I exhibit all over the UK including London’s Bankside Gallery and the Mall Galleries and have work archived in museum collections including London’s V&A.
You can also find a selection of my work at the following galleries:
For Arts Sake, Ealing
Will’s Art Warehouse
Southbank Printmakers Gallery, South East London
Fitch & Fellows, Thame, Oxfordshire
Wychwood Art, Oxfordshire
And on line:
Artfinder https://www.artfinder.com/artist/rebecca-denton/
Affordable Art Fair https://affordableartfair.com/artists/rebecca-denton
UP NEXT: March 8 - 12, Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Stand E9
See what I've been up to below:
2023 31 Jan - 5 Feb, ‘Thinking for Printing’, Bankside Gallery
2022 March, Affordable Art Fair Battersea
2021 Nov/Dec, ‘Art of Happiness’, North London Printmakers, University College London Hospital
2021 July, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2021 June, ‘Art Without Walls’, Campari and Affordable Art Fair outdoor gallery, Shoreditch
2021 Jan-March, ‘IN PRINT: 20/20 Vision’, Watts Contemporary Gallery, Guildford
2020 November, ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries. An on line exhibition this year with introductions and commentary (launches 19th Nov)
2020 July/August, ‘A Thousand Words’, Masham Gallery, North Yorkshire. An exhibition focussing on story-telling and finding happiness.
2020 March, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2020 Feb, Exhibition exploring the concept of Time, Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute
2020 Jan-March, The Great Print Exhibition, Rheged Centre, Penrith
2019 September, National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2019 March, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2019 March, Printmakers Council exhibition ‘Journeys’, London Print Studio
2018 Aug-Nov, Printmakers Council ‘Memory’ exhibition Royal Over-Seas League, London SW1
2018 May, Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead
2018 March, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2017 Sept, National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2017 March, 'Lasting Impressions', Scarborough Museum ('NYC' etching selected for archive)
2017 Feb, 'Limited Editions', Southbank Printmakers @ The Oxo Tower, London
2016 Sept, 'In Two Parts', Lombard Street Gallery, Margate
2014/2016/2019 Selected/Shortlisted Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2015 Elected membership to Southbank Printmakers
2015 Illustration contract, Getty Images
2015 Nov, 'Fifty Years of Artists Prints', Bankside Gallery (work selected for Victoria and Albert Museum Archive)
2014, Exhibition with Printmakers Council, Pie Factory, Margate
