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Artist profile #5 : Red Elders
EAAF in lockdown
​Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed and EAAF events have been suspended as we follow the Government’s advice to reduce the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Our work continues as we stay in touch with our members by email, profile our artist members through EAAF Presents and provide scholarships at Norwich University of the Arts. We are very grateful for our members’ support and look forward to the time when we can visit exhibitions and gather together again. Amanda Geitner, Director
 During lockdown, East Anglian Art Fund has been profiling artists from the region - this week ceramicist June Gentle

Red Elders : ​mythical beings

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EAAF member Red K Elders is an artist and deep bodyworker/massage therapist. Red lives by a meadow valley near the salt marshes of the Norfolk coast, with two daughters and many cats and various other creatures that drift in and out of the land. Red is known for her mythical pencil drawings inspired by ancient Gods and Goddesses, but lately she has been creating luminous portraits of children, often with animals. We asked Red to describe her work -
Magical portraits of mythical beings and animal familiars.
What keeps you up at night?
My two daughters, always wanting to sleep in bed with me. If not them, then my cats bringing in rabbits, voles and other wild creatures that are either being devoured under my bed or otherwise need to be caught and rescued. At 4am.
What is your favourite part of your practice?
Dropping into a really deep blissful meditative trance state where everything but the pencil and paper disappears for hours on end and I forget to eat, drink, wash, go to the loo etc. Sometimes it is a bit of a shock to climb back out of that place again and find a whole day has passed and I’m actually really hungry/stiff/going blind etc!
Which artists have inspired you most?
Gosh, there are so many. I adore Russian landscape paintings. I once stood in front of ‘After the Rain’ by Arkhip Kuindzhi and wept and wept. I like the old, darkly lit dramatic and real faces found in Caravaggio’s paintings, but also the sublime romance of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s sensual women. Alphonse Mucha’s incredibly elegant drawings, and Art Nouveau in general always inspire me. The symbolism and surrealism in Leonora Carrington’s creations thrills me. I’m also a great fan of indigenous and outsider art.
If you could step inside an artwork for a day, which would it be & why?
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch - so I could finally figure of what the heck is going on in some of those bizarre tiny scenes. But only if I was guaranteed to be able to get back home again.
To find out more about Red K Elders' work CLICK HERE
 
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  • About
    • Art in Norwich Blog
    • Guardian Article
    • Norfolk Arts Forum news
    • Creative Odyssey
  • Download pdf
  • EAAF Artist Profiles
    • East Anglian Art Fund June Gentle
    • East Anglian Art Fund Alison Henry
    • East Anglian Art Fund Jane Hodgson
    • East Anglian Art Fund John Christie
    • East Anglian Art Fund Red Elders
    • East Anglian Art Fund Julia Cameron
    • East Anglian Art Fund Vanessa Pooley
    • East Anglian Art Fund Kate Walker
    • East Anglian Art Fund Gus Farnes
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
  • Art Classes
    • Wensum
    • Royal Drawing School
    • Anteros Art Classes
    • Artpocket
    • Nest Project
    • Annette Rolston printmaking
    • Skippings Gallery Gt Yarmouth
    • Sarah Cannell Workshops
  • Galleries and groups
    • Caroline Fisher Projects
    • Paint Out general info
    • Arts & Culture in Great Yarmouth
    • Norwich University of the Arts
    • NNAC Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle
    • Nunnsyard
    • Sainsbury Centre Art Deco
    • Breckland Artists
    • Mandell's Gallery - about
    • North City
    • Greenhouse Gallery
  • Links to partners
    • Original Projects;
    • Artists' Studios around Norwich
  • Venue Map
  • Contact us
  • Get Walls
  • Past events
    • Norwich Castle NNFestival 19
    • Ancient House Thetford
    • X Marks The Spot, Great Yarmouth
    • Time & Tide Drawn to the Coast 2018
    • H2O Art of Wet
    • Houghton Hall Henry Moore >
      • Henry Moore review
    • Paint Out
    • Lonely Arts Club 2016
    • Magnificent Obsessions
    • Norwich Castle Olive Edis
    • The Way We Live Now
    • ADP Riot Tour
    • Norwich Castle Sawdust & Threads
    • Ana Maria Pacheco
    • Hungate exhibition
    • Bacon and the Masters
    • War and Peace
    • Clive Dunn at Theatre Royal
    • John Craske : Threads
    • Art at Norwich Playhouse
    • John Lessore & John Wonnacott
    • Hidden in Plain Sight
    • Mary Spicer at Theatre Royal
    • Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia
    • Masterpieces: Art & East Anglia talks
    • The Tourists
    • En Plein Air
    • Outpost call for submissions
    • Martin Laurance at Mandell's Gallery
    • Wallis exhibition
    • Picasso
    • Studios in Norfolk
    • Norwich 20 Group 70th Anniversary
    • Concrete - an exhibition at NUA
    • SCVA Sense & Sensuality lecture series
    • Nicola Slatter yat Theatre Royal
    • Affordable Art Fair
    • Art Car Boot pictures
    • David Holgate obituary
    • Photography exhibition