Kathy Ramsay Carr
Born in 1952, Kathy Ramsay Carr studied Graphic Design and Illustration in Bath Academy of Art from 1971 - 75. In 1976 she moved to Mexico City, where she first worked as a designer and art director for a design company, before she was appointed Head of Graphic Design at the Cultural Institute of the National University of Mexico. In 1984 she moved back to the UK, and worked initially as an etcher and illustrator before turning to painting full-time in 1998.
She spends a large amount of time in the coastal regions of West Wales, where a large amount of her work is produced.
"Having been brought up by the sea and mountains in Western Canada, and later
in my 20's living for 8 years in Mexico, I have been very influenced by what I
call raw nature - where one experiences the constantly changing elements, often
in their most dramatic forms.
I rely on memory and imagination to find ways of using colour and composition in
landscape as a means of communicating the emotion one feels in these solitary
and peaceful places.
I work in oils on canvas, mixing my own mediums to dilute the paint with
different oils and substances, often incorporating beeswax . The glazes vary in
viscosity depending on the thickness required. The paintings are built up in
layers, using knives to scrape through to underlying colours, I often scrape off
everything just to put it back on again in a different way. The glazing allows
the paintings to look transparent and create a space ethereal and peaceful."
Wedi'i geni yn 1952, astudiodd Kathy Ramsay Carr Graffeg a Darlunio yn Academi Celf Bath o 1971 - 1975. Yn 1976 symudodd i Ddinas Mexico lle y gweithiodd fel cynllunydd a chyfarwyddwr celf i gwmni cynllunio, cyn derbyn gwaith fel pennaeth Cynllunio Graffeg yn Athrofa Diwylliannol Prifysgol Mexico. Yn 1984 symudodd yn ôl i Brydain lle bu'n gweithio fel darlunydd cyn troi at beintio'n llawn amser yn 1998.
Treulia amser ar hyd arfordir Gorllewin Cymru, ac yno y cynhyrchir y rhan helaethaf o'i gwaith.
'Wedi fy magu wrth y môr a'r mynyddoedd yng Ngorllewin Canada, ac yna'n hwyrach yn fy 20au ym Mexico, rydw i wedi fy nylanwadu'n fawr gan natur cignoeth fel petai - profiadau person o hinsawdd newidiol, yn aml yn ddramatig.
Pwysaf ar atgofion a dychymyg i ffeindio defnydd o liw a chyfansoddiad y tirlun fel ffordd o gyfathrebu'r emosiynnau y teimla un yn y llefydd tawel ac unig yma.
Defnyddiaf olew ar gynfas, gan gymysgu fy mhaent fy hun gyda gwahanol sylweddau, yn aml yn cynnwys cwyr. Mae'r peintiadau wedi'u hadeiladu o haenau o baent, gan ddefnyddio cyllell i grafu i mewn i'r heanau a'r lliwiau gwaelod. Mae'r sglein yn rhoi min arallfydol a llonydd i'r gwaith.'
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