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Laura McBeth, Marketing Director at Washington Green & sometime wordsmith, brings her extensive art world experience to bear onto Rise Art to select her picks of The Weird & the Wonderful.
I love artwork that blends the normal with the abnormal, or that mixes the whimsical nature of fantasy with a sense of dark foreboding. Pieces that intrigue, excite and disturb all at once. This is my collection of pieces that make me feel all of those things…and more…
Artwork in this collection
Buy for £145.00
Rent for £35.00
“The colours and the detail in this piece by Kristjana make it a magnificent treat! The way in which flora and fauna merge and entwine to become one throughout the artwork is beautiful. I could see this type of work on ceramics too.”
Buy for £1,500.00
Rent for £35.00
“WOWZER! This just fills me with nervous trepidation. The whole subject of ectoplasms & the wider picture of paranormal activity during the inter-war Britain era is massively intriguing to me, but even just taking the piece at face value, it’s incredibly emotive & definitely challenges preconceptions. ”
Buy for £150.00
Rent for £25.00
“This is a really fun piece, the subject matter is familiar to many but the way the execution of it, as if someone has pulled a plug & the imagery is unable to transmit or pick up a signal, is unique. Everything just seems out of place here & I like that!”
Buy for £600.00
Rent for £35.00
“The pyramid immediately sparks memories of the government ministry buildings in Orwell’s 1984, immediately creating a feeling of being surveilled. The piece generally for me is about there being something greater than ourselves at work, whether that something is an ‘all seeing eye’ or simply the power of the planet.”
Buy for £1,200.00
Rent for £55.00
“I chose this primarily because it’s so unusual to see such an interesting combination of materials used in a mixed media piece. This, original oil on a delicate silk scarf, I just love conceptually. ”
Buy for £480.00
Rent for £55.00
“I love this, the narrative already created by Haser adds an unnerving dimension to the piece. The stand out element for me is the raven; symbolically considered to be a bad omen & a prophet. What is the raven predicting for the protagonist?”
Buy for £99.00
Rent for £25.00
“I am most intrigued by this piece of the whole collection. I could look at it endlessly & yet I find it really quite disconcerting, as a life is taken before your eyes. The composition & the reflections are beautiful.”
Buy for £520.00
Rent for £45.00
“Another raven/crow reference here, which I am drawn to. I like the effect the mixed media adds to the piece; it seems somehow desolate and alive at the same time.”
Buy for £1,000.00
Rent for £35.00
“I’m a list nut, so immediately this jumped out at me. I especially like the torn & defaced £10 note…questioning the necessity of material goods when you are without the ability to create.”
