Rhéni Tauchid
BIO
Rhéni Tauchid is an author, painter, and educator, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Art and Fine Art. In her professional life at local acrylic paint manufacturers, Tri-Art Mfg. Inc., Rhéni is the materials consultant, part of the product development team, and founder of the Tri-Art Acrylic Education Program and the Art Noise Studio program. Rheni is co-director and curator of the Tri-Art Gallery. She occasionally teaches painting workshops and lectures locally and abroad.
Rheni is the author of The New Acrylics (Watson-Guptill/Random House, 2005), New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook, (Watson-Guptill/Random House, 2009). Her books have been translated into Dutch and German. Her third book, Acrylic Painting Mediums & Methods (The Monacelli Press/Phaidon, 2018) explores the intricacies and possibilities of acrylic mediums. She is based in Kingston, Ontario Canada.
Artist Statement
The paintings I produce are primarily a response to the materials I use, expressed through colour fields and non-representational mark making, based on no specific language, symbol or iconography.
White represents, in this moment, some quiet that I would like to achieve in my work - and perhaps more widely, in my world. In using the contrast of dark and light, gloss and matte areas, and a largely white colour palette, I hope I've provided a calm resting space for the viewer amidst the intensity of everything.
