My 2D work is largely a continuation of following an impulse or idea and seeing where it takes me. Having developed a bold body of work in oils, I began several years ago to use pure watercolour, keen to find out how far I can take it into abstraction while still communicating something about what this landscape means to me. The latter seems to be something about honouring the grace of the ordinary, a phrase I picked up from H A Williams, theologian. My working class childhood in Yorkshire feeds this passion, having formed an emotional landscape in which simple hard work and duty were the manner of expressing attachment…
In recent months I have enjoyed developing smaller, abstract work in several media, most recently using collaged watercolour scraps. The process of making these miniatures is calming but the finished pieces are often rich with colour and form, and still convey something of the natural world.
My work is represented by galleries in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge, and can also be bought from ‘UKArtists online’
Website : www.ruth-mccabe- artist.co.uk