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| First Name | Pascale |
| Last Name | Rentsch RSW |
| Username | pascalerentsch |
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| Region | Edinburgh & The Lothians |
| Disciplines | Painting |
| Themes | Abstract, Landscape, Botanical, Identity, Environment |
Statement
| Statement | I draw and paint plein air, outdoors, directly from nature in all weather conditions. I work instinctively, following my feelings, capturing nature and the elements in a spontaneous manner. My language is paint and like a conductor guiding an orchestra, I enjoy working outside with my materials, exploring mark-making and connecting with my surroundings, reacting to what I see, feel and hear. I love the fact that whenever I am in nature, I know I will always find something beautiful, something that touches me however small and insignificant it might appear. Pascale Rentsch is a Swiss born artist living in East Lothian, Scotland. She graduated with a BA Honours Degree in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art in 1999. Pascale lives in Haddington, in close proximity to countryside, hills and coast. In March 2021 she has been awarded with the Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award to part fund her film project This is My Voice. A short film draws on Pascale’s inspirations and focuses why painting in nature is important for her as an artist and as a human-being
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Biography
| Biography | Qualifications 2003-2004 PGCE Secondary Art and Design, Moray House School of Education. 1997-1999 Edinburgh Collage of Art, BA Hons Degree in Drawing and Painting. 1996-1997 Illustration, Brighton University. 1995-1996 Scientific Illustration, Higher School of Art in Zurich, Switzerland. 1994-1995 ‘Vorkurs’, High School of Art, Zurich, Switzerland.
Awards RSW Scottish Arist Club Award 2021 Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award 2021 SAAC Howitt Art Teacher Award, University of Edinburgh for most promising Art and Design Teacher, Moray House of Education. ‘The Society of Wildlife Artists’ Bursary for travel and education.
Associations Visual Arts Scotland Society of Scottish Artists
Residency / Workshops/ Projects 2019 Represented Scotland at the annual Fabriano Watercolour convention, Fabriano, Italy. 2018 Drawing Workshop, Callander Summer Festival. 2018 EXTREMADURA TOURIST BOARD, leading various drawing workshops. 2000-2002 Artist in Residence, George Watsons College. 1999 Artist in Residence, Edinburgh Zoo.
Pascale was invited to take part in the following conservation projects: September 2005, Artist for Nature Foundation, ‘Wind Mill’ Project, Netherlands. October 2004, The Society of Wildlife Artists, ‘Aig on Oir’ Project based on the west coast of Scotland, producing a body of work for an exhibition and book, published and exhibited at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Summer 2005. July 2001, Artist for Nature Foundation prize, invited onto the ANF ‘Spanish Pyrenees’ project, producing work for a book, exhibition and video entitled ‘Mature Forests’ published in 2002. February 2000, Society of Wildlife Artists, ‘New Forest’ project, book and exhibition produced in September 2000 and Spring 2004. October 1998 and July 1999, Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk. Working with seven artists on two ‘Society of Wildlife Artists’ projects which involved screen printing and designing two limited handmade books.
Press 2020 Art Mag, Hand-made for You and Your Home. 2019 East Lothian Magazine, Art Matters, Spring Edition. 2019 East Lothian Courier, 28th February 2019. 2018 Filming with BBC COUNTRYFILE about my work. Broadcast 11th March 2018. 2018 East Lothian Courier. 2018 East Lothian Magazine, Summer Edition. 2018 Art Mag, Hand-made for You and Your Home.
Galleries / Exhibitions 2022 Solo exhibition, Watermark Gallery, Harrogate. 2021 Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh, of my ‘Winter‘ paintings, November. 2021 Fidra Fine Art Gallery, East Lothian, mixed Autumn exhibition. 2021 Watermark Gallery, Harrogate, mixed Autumn/Winter Show, 2021. 2021 Watermark Gallery, Harrogate, mixed Spring/Summer Show, 2021. 2021 ‘Reveal’ Online Exhibition. Collaboration with ceramic artist Michele Bianco, preview 26th May. 2021 Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire, mixed Spring exhibition. 2021 Fidra Fine Art Gallery, East Lothian, mixed Spring exhibition. 2020 SWA, Society of Women Artists, online exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. 2020 Aberfeldy Gallery. 2020 Dockside Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed. 2019 The White Fox Gallery, Coldstream. 2018 Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello. 2018 Hangar Framing, North Berwick. 2018 Scottish Potters Association Exhibition, 41 Gallery, Edinburgh. 1997- 2005 Exhibited annually at SWLA Exhibition, Mall Galleries. 2003, 2004 Edinburgh Zoo, Artist in Residence solo exhibition. 1999- 2001 Gallery 41, Edinburgh, solo and mixed exhibitions. 2000, Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh. 1999 Solo exhibition Sugarhouse Gallery, Newtown St. Boswells. 1999, Seabird Centre Exhibition, North Berwick. 1998, Stenton Gallery, East Lothian. |
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