ABOUT RU
Ru uses vibrant colour to capture a sense of light and energy and enjoys communicating various moods with different colour combinations. Trips to wild places around the country feed her work, always with a little house or croft in each painting, giving a sense of place.
Ru experiments with acrylic and acrylic ink layering colours to create depth and texture. Through her work, Ru communicates the emotion, wildness and dynamism of these beautiful landscapes that she finds so captivating and inspiring.
Ru lives on the edge of the Cotswolds with her family and their dog.
Residencies/Awards/Prizes:
2023 Became a member of ‘United Art Space’
2022: ‘Highly Commended Award’ for 'The Green Door' given by The Secret Gallery, Newent
1994 - 1996: Member of Spike Island Art Studios - Bristol
Exhibitions:
2024:
Dec - Dean Heritage Centre - Christmas sale
Nov - Solo show at the Secret Gallery,
Newent
Aug - Exhibited - Aberdeen Art Fair
July - Nov - Exhibited -Bath Art Fair
May - Exhibited - Sussex Art Fair
7 paintings taken by Inchgowen Fine
Art, Girloch
2023:
Solo Exhibition - Secret Gallery, Newent
Finalist in the Broadway Arts Festival
6 Paintings Taken By Inchgowan, Gairloch
2022: Paintings Exhibited at The Secret Gallery - Newent
2020 - 2021: Paintings Exhibited at North street Community Gallery, Bristol
2016:
Large Scale Community Murals /Commission Work
2006 - 2016: Commission Based Work
2005: Solo Painting Exhibition at St Michael's Church, Bath
2001: Paintings Exhibited at Corn Street Gallery, Bristol
2000: Paintings Exhibited at Bude Gallery
1999: A set of paintings sold to St Michael's Hotel, Falmouth
1995: Spike Island Open Studios Exhibition
1992 : Collaborative Sculpture Exhibition, Cowbridge Gallery
Education:
1997 - 1998: PGCE Art Secondary Teaching Certificate 1991 - 1994: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Cardiff University 1990 - 1991: Foundation Art Course, Bath Art College