Rebecca Thompson’s opening exhibition “Primal Deities of Rainforest & Reefs” will be on Friday, 17 January 2025, at 4 pm at Laluna’s Art Studio.
The Laluna Art Project is pleased to announce the opening of its 5th Art Exhibition in the unique surroundings of its Sculpture Garden, followed by a live drumming performance by “Ashanti Footprints.” The show will be hosted at Laluna’s Art Studio, which is adjacent to “The Monkey Bar.” For directions, please use Google Maps for “The Monkey Bar, Portici Beach” for parking access in Pt Salines.
About the Artist:
A longtime resident and naturalised Grenadian, Rebecca K Thompson was born in land-locked Yorkshire, UK. She moved to the south coast of England by sea before attending higher education. She studied Fine Art at Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth College of Art and Reading University, honing drawing skills and sculpting. Early influences were the artists Anselm Kiefer and Julien Schnabel, and more recently, Henry Hudson. She has exhibited in Germany and London. Visiting Grenada as a teenage art student, she was intoxicated by the raw nature and exotic heat of the Caribbean Island. Her colour palette of Turneresque Greys and blues of English seascapes changed to vivid tropical Gauguin colours, undiluted and vibrant.
Always drawn to the hand-crafted, she began sculpting textured surfaces on which to apply her oil-painted realism. Then beach combing, driftwood, shells, seed pods and vine collecting began, as if trying to capture and hold the nature she was experiencing in this incredible paradise. She resisted the digital world in her art practice, believing it was gradually pulling humanity into a metaphysical state of disconnect with nature. This early philosophy has only intensified as modern society hurtles toward AI and total meta-immersion.
A mixed media artist specialising in paper maché, she works rapidly if on canvas alone, with a loose and realistic expressionism. The sculptured reliefs are more planned; the composition is set at the sculpting phase, then the colour palette pulling and pushing with the form beneath. Her small bottle sculptures began as a wish to upcycle and inspired by years of enjoying Grenada’s coastline and an urge to capture something of the grace and beauty of the dying coral reefs. Adding lighting to them creates practical use to the art and dramatic dimension to the 3D form. The sculptured paintings also evolve from day to night by adding directional lighting from varying angles.
The oldest painting exhibited in this collection was painted three and a half decades ago; and the newest pieces, the paint has just dried. Please enjoy this journey of hers in the place she chose to live, Grenada.
Contact the artist:
- WhatsApp +1 (473) 406-6209
- Email [email protected]
- Instagram @rkthompson_art
The location is known as the Laluna Art Project and comprises the elements of Art and hospitality — an experimentation of art, food, and beverage. The Art Space is the gallery display area, featuring works from local artists. It is open for viewing every day from 9 am to 6 pm. 100% of the sales go directly to the artist as part of Laluna’s commitment to helping local artists.
The Monkey Bar is open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from lunch to sunset. It features a Sunday local dish and is also available for private events. The main entrance is from the Portici Beach public beach access in Point Salines on the way to Dr Grooms Beach. The Sculpture Garden is 2 acres of beachfront land called the “Enchanted Forest.” It comprises Land Art that continues to evolve with new art installations, creating a platform of inventive creations, such as upcycling plastics into art sculptures.
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