Artist Statement

I am a contemporary, mixed media artist, inspired by cities and

landscapes.

My training as an illustrator influences my work and my love of travel inspires the vibrant colour palette that appears in my artwork.

My collage artworks are inspired by places I have been that resonate with me. I often start with an aerial photograph and view it through an abstract lens, transforming the view into patterns of intense colour and shapes.

Before I start each new piece, I hand paint paper using Acrylics in the colours, textures and marks that I need for that particular painting. This reduces my colour palette and allows me to work intuitively when I am creating the collage from torn or cut pieces of paper.

My process involves moving the pieces of paper around, looking for the best balance of colour and pattern before sticking them down. The paper often overlaps and goes off the page, which helps keep the energy and freshness in the work. I keep editing until I have simplified my image whilst retaining the essence and energy of the original place with my abstract interpretation.
 

Raina Goran

Artist Bio.

I was born in 1962 in Westcliff- on- sea. I studied illustration at

Wimbledon School of Art in the 1980’s before working as an art editor

and then Creative Director in the Greeting card Industry.

After a break for family commitments, I have worked in education, art agent, art demonstrator, curator and founder of the London Painters and Sculptors Group. 

I have been working as a full time artist since 2013 based in my home studio in Hertfordshire and I am an active member of Studio Fridays.

I exhibit regularly and sell to private collectors through galleries and 

Online platforms.

In March 2022, I was awarded the David Gluck Memorial Prize 2022 from The Royal Watercolour Society.

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Exhibitions.

Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 2024

New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2024

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition 2024

AAF Battersea.Spring 2024 Represented by Bakery Art Gallery, Islington.

Royal Watercolour Society Open 2024, Bankside.

Collaboration with The London Design Festival at The Bakery Art Gallery, Islington 2023

London Calling, Three Artist Show at Avivson Gallery, Highgate 2023

Chelsea Art Society 74th Annual Exhibition 2023

Royal Institute of Painters in watercolours Open 2023 (Candidate for Election)

Royal Watercolour Society Open 2023

Linden Hall Studio Winter Group Show December 2022

Studio Fridays Art Fair. London N20 October 2022

Colour & Form 2022. Collective Gallery St Albans July 2022

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Open Exhibition. 

Mall Galleries April 2022 (Candidate for election)

Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition. March 2022

Winner of the ‘David Gluck Memorial Prize’ 2022

Linden hall Studio Winter Show 2022

Thompson's Gallery Autumn Show 2021

The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours  2021

Long listed for Jackson’s Prize 2021

New English Art Club 2020

Shortlisted for The Jackson’s Painting Prize. April 2020

The Royal Institute of Painters in Water colours.

The Mall Galleries. 2020

Linden Hall Studio Gallery. Winter Group Show. Kent. 2020

Colour & Form '19 Camden Image Gallery. 2019

Society of Women Artists. Mall Galleries. 2019

The New English Art Club The Mall Galleries. 2019

Linden Hall Studio Winter Show, Kent. 2019

The Royal Institute of Painters in Water colours.2019

Society of Women Artists. The Mall Galleries. 2018