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Rachel Gadsden undoubtedly had a spectacular 2008: artist in residence at Hampton Court and Capture artist for the Handover for the Paralympic Game in Stoke Mandeville, she excelled at every turn. 2009 promises to be something quite different - a new way of being in situ with new accessible equipment and time to build a new body of work. The work she has been waiting to paint all her life.

Emerging figures ...
22 June 2009

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I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge - Jackson Pollock The insight that I believe my paintings talk to me might unnerve some, but for me it is a heartening occurrence. Within the isolated studio I find it somehow reassuring to hear the whispers that emerge as I plunge my oil encrusted paint brush onto the surface of the canvas. Any sense of loneliness disappears and as I listen to...

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Inspiration
20 June 2009

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Rachel Gadsden painting

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top - Virginia Woolf At last I have begun the passage into a measureless terrain where I will allow expressionistic sub conscious inspiration to create a series of new drawings and paintings. I am expecting to consider themes such as bleakness and despair, as well as comedy and hope during my explorations of the human condition but only time will reveal exactly what will emerge. I am filled with...

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Parliamentary Outreach Breaking Barriers Exhibition Opening
16 June 2009

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Rachel Gadsden painting

It was with great excitement that The Breaking Barriers Exhibition Opening took place on the 5th June, a day after the country went to vote. With one of the lowest voter turnouts ever, it was a particularly poignant moment to be playing a role in Parliamentary Outreach “Breaking Barriers” project and exhibition. 'Breaking Barriers' looks at how the stories of local suffragists and suffragettes in Essex can be relevant to modern audiences. The exhibition was developed in partnership...

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