my name is ruth, hello.

Happy Birthday Vintage

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:54:22 +0100

Happy Birthday Vintage

Get Well Soon

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:50:41 +0100

Get Well Soon

ruthtullis

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:30:36 +0100

ruthtullis:

My Etsy shop is live. Have a look!

My favourite thing to do is draw and paint.

I make personalised hand painted cards, notecards and prints for every need you could want! Let me know what colours, names and styles you want, I can come up with something just for you.

Flower Power Birthday

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:49:28 +0100

Flower Power Birthday

Flower Power Decoration

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:47:40 +0100

Flower Power Decoration

Panda Love. 2013

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:44:26 +0100

Panda Love. 2013

Flower Power. 2013.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:43:05 +0100

Flower Power. 2013.

Work In Progress.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:41:02 +0000

Work In Progress.

Website Refresh

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:16:56 +0000

Website Refresh:

I have just update and refreshed my website to better show off my art work.

Hopefully, this will allow my work to be more accessible and easier for me to update when I make new cards, and hopefully bring me in my first commission.

Fingers Crossed!

xoxo

Happy Mothers Day

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:56:18 +0000

Happy Mothers Day

Loveheart

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:22:00 +0000

Loveheart

Happy Birthday

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:21:04 +0000

Happy Birthday

Panda Love

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:19:07 +0000

Panda Love

Happy Mothers Day Card.

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:18:00 +0000

Happy Mothers Day Card.

Manet at the Royal Academy.

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:57:50 +0000

After Lichtenstein, we went to The Royal Academy of Arts to see Edouard Manet’s Portraying Life. The exhibitions was vast, with lots of Manet’s work, in five different rooms.

Most of the paintings focused on his portraiture, hence the exhibitions name. Portraiture is it my favourite art work, for reasons I can’t figure out why, just not been a fan. Maybe colour is not so vivid in most portraiture? But for me, My favourite part of his paintings were the use of light. He painted light and shadow so well into his work, really picking up the light and dark tones in his paintings, along with the expression of the figures. One painting in particular stood out for me. I discussed it with my boyfriend, who viewed it a different way from me. I saw it as a maid looking at her master longing to be part of his life more, envious of the life he leads. He is standing in the forefront, focus on him, the important one. While, the maid and what looks like an older figure in the background, the older figure very much in the shadows, not always noticeable when looking at the painting.

Despite the focus of the exhibition about his portrait work, there was also some portrait landscape paintings, my favourite. More colour, greens for grass and trees and pinks and purples for flowers make the paintings more vibrant. As always, the light and shadow of the paintings are vivid and strong really showing off his talent. They really impressed me.

Overall, both Lichtenstein and Manet put on great shows. My personal opinion, with my attraction to colour would say Lichtenstein put on a better show, but the artistic talent of Manet is brilliantly evident in his work. Both talented artists in completed different ways. Both a must see.

Lichtenstein at the Tate.

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:52:41 +0000

On Friday my boyfriend and I went to see Roy Lichtenstein’s show at the Tate. I have been around Lichtenstein’s work since high school, even recreating one of his paintings for a research project. I had only seen his more famous pop art works, and the exhibition surprised me with his different works but same style.

I really enjoyed his Japanese pieces. They were so calm and tranquil, but still conveyed his sense of style and colour.

landscape in fog painting

seascape

Another part of the exhibition I liked was his more abstract work.

perfect painting

At the exhibition there was two similar paintings next to each other; one perfect and in the ‘correct’ rectangular shape and one that stuck out from the canvas, creating the imperfection. Despite the painting being called imperfect painting it was in fact more perfect than the ‘perfect’ painting. It was more aesthetically pleasing, highlighting perfection isn’t key. To me, this is striking and saying a lot to the art world.

I love his use of colour in his works. Again, anything bright, attracts me and pulls me in and Lichtenstein certainly does this. All of his works contain strong colours contrasting and blending with other colours in his paintings. Colour excites me, but one room; the black and white room was just as intriguing. Without the colour, Lichtenstein’s work was different. Rather than bold and bright, it was still and subtle. The way Tate conveyed this room impressed me. The walls were painted a bluey grey highlighting the lack of the colour in the room. The room took on a different atmosphere and seemed to be a chill out room; displacing us from the bold bright colours in the other rooms.

tire

portable radio

My next blog post is on Manet, another brilliant artist, but with contrasting styles.

Anstruther 2013.

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:02:09 +0000

Anstruther 2013.

Exhibitions and Me.

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:59:34 +0000

A Bigger Splash (Tate Modern)

I went to The Bigger Splash at the Tate and to be honest I was disappointed. Apart from Hockney’s A Bigger Splash and Pollock’s Summertime piece, the rest I did not enjoy. it was more about performance art, than art itself.

Mariko Mori (Royal Academy of Arts)

At the back of the Royal Academy, Mori’s serene and spiritual work is hidden. The whole exhibition felt still and calm.

William Klien (Tate Modern)

An all round artist. One of my favourite pieces of photography I have seen.

Death: A self Portrait (Richard Harris Collection - Wellcome Collection)

A very bleak, but thought provoking exhibition. Displaying everything and anything about our attitudes towards death. Very strange but interesting exhibition.

Scottish Colourist's

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:36:32 +0000

I recently went back up to Scotland and wanted to see some exhibitions while I was up. My mum brought to my attention The Scottish Colourist Series at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. I looked online and saw bright colours, all I needed to decide I would go.

The series is on its 2nd artist; SJ Peploe a post impressionist artist. Other artists involved are FCB Cadell, JD Fergusson, and GL Hunter. All had paintings displayed, but Peploe was the focus. He studied in Scotland before continuing to study in France. His inspiration was light and used bold colour throughout his paintings to highlight his compositions.

My thoughts looking at his work were the likeness to Cezanne, especially his still life’s. His style evolves throughout his paintings; from realist to abstractism. I also read that he was influenced by Manet. I will be visiting The Royal Academy to see Manet’s exhibition soon, and want to see where the influences lie.

I love his use of colour. In my work, as you may have already seen, is all about colour. Colour is life. His paintings are vibrant and exciting.

While he was in Northern France, he went on trips with his friend, and fellow painter Fergusson to paint landscapes. Again, his use of light makes his paintings radiant and airy. I feel that I could look at them for ages, the lightness and air of his paintings pull me in.

The other artist that impressed me was Cadell. His painting style contrasts through his different paintings. Again, he studied in France and used Matisse as influence. Along with Peploe, I love his use of colour. So vivid and vibrant.

New Inspiration

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:36:00 +0000

When I was in New York in November I came across Rifle Paper Company at the Museum of Modern Art. I loved the colour and typography of the cards and wondered what I could do with that inspiration.

When I experimented I tried with watercolour, but it felt quite weak, I wanted stronger colours so changed to gouache which gave a much stronger, brighter feel to the cards.

Watercolour and Gouache

I decided to go with gouache and got painting…