Ruby Lewis

In myth, everything begins with a story. My work reflects this and shows a wistful narrative that reveals an evocative feminine influence. The story of our lives through folklore and fairy tale. Drawing from ancient allegory while also exploring the role women have today and through-out the history of storytelling. Acknowledging this within the symbolic representation of the painting while visualising the potential for transformation. Placing goddess like figures contained in interior settings that reflect our different stories while at the same time evoking a dream like ambiguity. Permitting the viewer to recognise what we are capable of becoming. Using vintage fabric as a foundation to form a structure for each piece, while also allowing the pattern to build an extended metaphor between the surface and the composition. I use oil paint and ink to form layers of rich colour and texture, while simultaneously exposing the fabric beneath the painted surface.

University of Hertfordshire
Chelsea College of Art
Ridge Street College of Art

• 2023 – The Old Lock Up Gallery, Derbyshire
• 2022 – Artrepreneur, Online exhibition of women artists
• 2022 – Barge House Gallery, London
• 2022 – Art from the Heart – online exhibition
• 2021 – Gallery D31, Doncaster, Summer Exhibition
• 2020/21 – Candid Arts, Angel, Islington
• 2019 – Masons Yard Gallery, Mayfair, London, group MA Show -a:tension
• 2017 – Old Town Hall Gallery, Hertfordshire – solo show
• 2016 – The Affordable S.art show, St Albans
• 2016 – Hatfield House Art Show
• 2016 – Obsidian Art Gallery, Stoke Mandeville
• 2016 – Attico Art Centre, Hertfordshire – Colour and Light group show
• 2015 – The New Artists Fair, Truman Brewery, London
• 2014 – Casa Batllo, Barcelona International Art Fair
• 2014 – The Affordable S.art show, St Albans
• 2014 - Bayard Gallery, London
• 2013 – Old Town Hall Gallery, Hertfordshire – Solo show
• 2004 – Old Town Hall gallery, Hemel Hempstead – Solo Show
• 2003 – Museum of Art, Trapani, Sicily – Colours of the Soul