Edition of 50 + 5 APs

Amy Lincoln (b. 1981, Bloomington, IN, USA) makes imaginative and intensely hued paintings of the natural world in which uniform clouds loom over star-spangled skies, waves lap in strict formations across the ocean, and suns radiate palpable rays of vivid colour.

Inspired by a large-scale painting made for her solo exhibition Rainbow Sky at Taymour Grahne Projects, London, Rainbow with Rain Clouds depicts a shower of rain from zeppelin shaped clouds and a rainbow in their most simplified forms. As a widely recognized symbol of hope and optimism, the rainbow acts as an alluring and widely accessible entry point into Licoln's masterful depiction of atmospheric space and colour.

In this hybrid archival pigment print, the sense of depth and motion is further heightened by additional screen-printed layers and embossing. Rain drops twinkle in the light due to a water-like high gloss varnish layer, falling from two predominant clouds foregrounded by subtle embossing, against the sheen of a semi-circular rainbow that arches across the composition. This build-up of layers echoes Lincoln's intricate layering of colour in her original acrylic painting, and stage set effect of her idyllic invented worlds.