Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
Monday 9th November 2020 7.30 pm
A talk by Jill and Steve Marston
On 15th December,1859 a circular was issued convening a meeting for the purpose of establishing a society to be called the Highgate Horticultural and Floricultural Society. The first president was the Rev. C.B. Dalton, Mr James Cutbush was the treasurer, Mr J Ward the secretary, and Miss Angela Burdett-Coutts was the Lady Patroness. Born out of the Victorian tradition of philanthropy the object of the society was mainly to encourage cottage gardeners and schoolchildren in horticultural pursuits. The first exhibition was held 27th June 1860: there were 71 entries and prizes amounting to £23/7/0d were awarded.
Up to the first world war the Society’s shows were major events, attracting thousands of visitors to the grounds of Highgate’s great houses. Today the society’s three shows a year in Highgate United Reformed Church continue the tradition as a showcase for gardeners to exhibit their produce.
This is an online Zoom meeting. To book click here. You will be asked to make a small donation to the Highgate Society.
For detail see:
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
John Caird in conversation with the Highgate Society. John is a freelance director and writer of plays, musicals and operas, not to mention being the Society’ s next door neighbour. He has been an associate director at both the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as working all over the world in a great variety of theatrical disciplines. In conversation with Elspeth Clements, he will talk about the current state of theatre and opera and how he and his collaborators have managed to keep rehearsing, performing and creating new work during the current pandemic. Questions from the audience most welcome.
For more information about John’s life and career, go to:
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HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
For detail see:
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Rachael Weitzman – Recent Paintings. 6-19 November 2020 – “Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways”
Rachael Weitzman’s striking paintings of trees will delight anyone who enjoys looking at nature in a fresh and unusual way, and those familiar with Hampstead Heath and Highgate Woods will recognise individual trees and groups of trees in this powerful exhibition.
When Rachael went to the Heath for the first time, she got lost for three hours. “It was amazing. I completely lost my bearings which I thought was impossible and I loved feeling like I was in an endless wilderness. I discovered a viaduct that I didn’t know existed and two more ponds. I couldn’t believe how stunning the huge old trees were.” She also loves the Highgate Woods area. “There is something really magical about this area of woodland. It’s so unusual, even outside London, to find such ancient trees in non-agricultural land. The people who manage it have done such a fantastic job of maintaining it in an un-spoilt way.”
Now she is translating her experience of the trees and woodland into paint. “I want to convey the things that are so pleasurable to me in the visual experience of walking in the woods. I want to get a sense of the presence of the trees, of what might be described as their personality. I like to try and replicate the fine detail and patterning that you get in nature and contrast it with the bright plain of the sky.”
This show is a series of portraits of trees, mainly from the Heath but also from other London parks. Landscape paintings can be vistas or narratives but these focus in on the trees themselves. The paint forms a lattice of trunks and branches, dappled with light or silhouetted against the sky. They are characterful and strange rather than pretty or picturesque. These trees, grouped or individual are all specific, not generic. “I’m looking at Japanese prints as well as 20th century abstraction. I’m trying to combine these different elements to produce a particular style of my own that conveys a sense of solidity and scale and does justice to the subject.”
Rachael Weitzman has lived in North London for most of her life and went to Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1992. She taught there for a number of years while painting and exhibiting at various galleries and art spaces in London.
For further information please contact rachaelkirkby@yahoo.co.uk
Instagram Rachaelweitzman
Highgate Gallery open Tues-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 11am-5pm; closed Mon.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
Jacksons Lane – past, present and future
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.
HIGHGATE WATERCOLOUR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBTION AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE: 11 November – 7 December. Opening hours 11am-4pm on any day not booked for a private function. Please ring LH to check before visiting: 020 8348 8716 or check their website: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk.