Category: Painting

2018

Endangered Mixed media on Canvas, 45 x 45 cm. Development of this work is concerned with the bleaching of coral from ocean warming. Endangered 2018. Mixed media on Canvas 45 x 45 cm

2012

Spill Some environmental disasters get a lot of media attention, like the impact of oil spills. These works are concerned with the disastrous effects and explore how the initial shock and horror grabs peoples’ attention but the headlines disappear long before the effects do. ‘Spill’, An exhibition of works by Della Rees & Alke Schmidt, The Stone Space Gallery, Leytonstone, London, UK.

2016

 Beneath Inspired by one particular photograph in the press, showing piles of dead coral forming small mountains on the sea bed, this horrific practice  was the result of intensive fishing with drag nets. This series of large drawings is concerned with the mostly hidden destruction of coral reefs. Mixed Media on Paper, 110 x 350 cm

2017

Mixed media on Canvas. 30 x 30 cm These works are the second look at the beauty of coral and like the ‘Beneath’ series seeks to highlight its hidden destruction.

Morris Garden 2008

Site-specific installation. 86 Garden gnomes adorned in Morris-esque designs, grow in zen garden like clusters from the front garden of Walthamstow Fire Station, the site of William Morris’ birthplace. London, UK.