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Ruth Phipps

My work draws on the nature of fabric that is evocative and intensely personal in its ability to suggest human presence or absence. It explores different aspects of fragility, memory, and the transience of time. Heightened shadow and strong shafts of light illuminate detail and imbue a quiet suggestion of human presence, the stillness of the moment and the lingering trace of a treasured memory.

 

"I began looking at fabric as an expression of the most basic elements of what it means to be human, as a symbol of life and universal humanity, thinking about the way fabrics conceal and reveal. As I explored the folds and gathers of the fabrics and the negative space around the form, I became increasingly fascinated by the idea of what was hidden, forgotten, lost. It's as if the fabrics have power to suggest another place and time.”

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Awaiting Visitations

Size: 635mm wide x 635mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $4680

Status: Coming soon

Ruth Phipps 
Upcoming Exhibition

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Light Remembered - Rideau de Cafe II

Size: 600mm wide x 700mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $3950

Status: Coming soon

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Thread of Life I - Visits with Heather (Remember when we…)

Size: 285mm wide x 285mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $1850

Status: Coming soon

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Unlocking the Memory I

Size: 305mm wide x 350mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen on board

Price: $1850

Status: Coming soon

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Afternoon Tea in the Orchard

Size: 590mm wide x 490mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $3580

Status: Coming soon

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Thread of Life III - Visits with Mrs Heard (drinking tea with pinky fingers out)

Size: 285mm wide x 285mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $1850

Status: Coming soon

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Thread of Life II - Visits with my Aunt (let yourself in, I’ll be out in the garden)

Size: 285mm wide x 285mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $1850

Status: Coming soon

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Shadows Fall

Size: 440mm wide x 540mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $3300

Status: Coming soon

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Theatre of the Soul

Size: 435mm wide x 435mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2850

Status: Coming soon

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Visitations I

Size: 380mm wide x 280mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2150

Status: Coming soon

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Colour Study-Turkish Towel

Size: 335mm wide x 285mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $1950

Status: Coming soon

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Mandala Meditation (A small study of this precious little doily in 2011 began my ongoing exploration of memory and inheritance.

Size: 355mm wide x 355mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $1950

Status: Coming soon

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Visitations II

Size: 380mm wide x 280mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2150

Status: Coming soon

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Light Remembered - Rideau de Cafe I

Size: 550mm wide x 700mm high

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $3850

Status: Coming soon

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Homage III - with Tulips

Size: 470mm wide x 420mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $1950

Status: Coming soon

Variations of a Kind painting

Variations of a Kind

Size: 450mm wide x 450mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2400

Status: Coming soon

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Heaven’s Embroidered Cloths (with gold and silver light)

Size: 800mm wide x 1050mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $6700

Status: Coming soon

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Her Silver Tankard

Size: 530mm wide x 630mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $3850

Status: Coming soon

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Visitation in Blue, with Lapis Lazuli

Size: 435mm wide x 435mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2850

Status: Coming soon

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Visitations III

Size: 380mm wide x 280mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2150

Status: Coming soon

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Memory Keepers

Size: 285mm wide x 335mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $1950

Status: Coming soon

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Shadows Whisper

Size: 435mm wide x 785mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $3950

Status: Coming soon

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Hope is the Thing with Feathers

Size: 762mm wide x 1016mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $6450

Status: Coming soon

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Shadow Lace

Size: 630mm wide x 530mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $3580

Status: Coming soon

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Unlocking the Memory II

Size: 305mm wide x 350mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen on board

Price: $1850

Status: Coming soon

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And When the Time Comes (to let go)

Size: 1200mm wide x 800mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $7500

Status: Coming soon

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Thread of Life I - Visits with Heather (Remember when we…)

Size: 285mm wide x 285mm high

 

Medium: Oil on canvas

Price: $1850

Status: Coming soon

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Still Life with soda siphon

Size: 455mm wide x 610mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $2980

Status: Coming soon

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Words Softly Spoken

Size: 325mm wide x 325mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen on board

Price: $1800

Status: Available

Time out of Time

Time out of Time

Size: 1050mm wide x 800mm high

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $6700

Status: Coming soon

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Morning Tea in the Orchard

Size: 590mm wide x 490mm high Framed

 

Medium: Oil on linen

Price: $3580

Status: Coming soon

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Title: Homage I “Swans”


Size: 600 mm square
 

Medium: Oil on Linen
 

Status: SOLD

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Title: Homage II “Nautilus”

Size: 450 mm wide by 610 mm high

 

Medium: Oil on Linen

Status: SOLD

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