Tobacco Stripe by Abbey Rich

Acrylic on Board | 28 x 35

Tobacco Stripe speaks to the artist’s childhood and early career. Reminiscent of 70s textiles and the colours in Rich’s grandparents’ home. They ran a textile business for many years and this was the starting point for Abbey’s career as a textile designer before becoming an artist. The work’s detail comments on the value of textiles, by painting these patterns they become somehow elevated when the making of textiles is an incredible artform itself that takes hours and hours of work but is never truly valued.