Mixed media
Renée Bott
A printmaker turned artist inspired by the etchings and engravings of centuries past.
Meet the artist
Renée is a printmaker turned artist. Her works are based on the intricate lines found in both etchings and engravings from the 15th-17th centuries. She has also based many of her works on tapestries from the same era.
Renée examines stories, images, text and handwriting from the past as a way of understanding “how we got here today”.
She collects source materials from museums, antique print dealers, the Internet and private collections. She photographs the items and uses digital programs to modify the images, which serve as general outlines for her compositions. The interweaving of text and antique visual imagery gives her work a tactile tapestry quality.
