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London has always held a special significance for me, it’s a city that I am very close to.
In this painting I wanted to explore a way to depict the hidden layers to the city, the hidden corners and the variation that the city contains. Close inspection of the painting will reveal imprints within the paint created with leaves, fabrics, lace and twine. These textures add layers and depth the map.
I begin my paintings with a map as a framework. The rest is an instinctual addition of colour, water and mark making techniques. I love to explore how the paint will flow and the pigments interact.
Original artwork is 42×29.7cm, watercolour and ink on paper.
Artist Bio:
Rosemary Whittle is a watercolour artist who explores medium, colour, and line through maps. She studied at Falmouth University before earning a degree in Critical Fine Art Practice from the University of Brighton in 2012. She worked in the arts before transitioning to Library Services, where she spent a decade.
In 2023, after being made redundant from Hillingdon Libraries, Rosemary returned to painting, adapting watercolour to the realities of life with small children. In 2024, she joined a local artist group, began exhibiting her work, and took on commissions.
Rosemary experiments with mark-making techniques to embrace the unpredictability of wet-on-wet watercolour, including salt, sponges, acrylic inks, and super-granulating colours. Maps provide an ideal framework for her exploration, with their distinctive lines acting as a foundation for expressive mark-making. She isolates these lines, using masking fluid to control and manipulate the flow of pigment.
Beyond aesthetics, Rosemary’s maps hold deep personal meaning. They depict places that have shaped her life, from her lifelong home to London, which she is rediscovering. Through maps, she explores both human impact on the world and her own artistic mark-making
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