RACHEL GALEA (b.1973) - LANDSCAPE EXPRESSIONS

RACHEL GALEA

Born in Malta in 1973 and moved and moved to Gozo when she was eleven years old.   Rachel always had a keen interest in painting and attended private lessons at an early age. After finishing school she worked at her family business. She continued her interest in painting and after becoming a mother she attended more private art tution for 4 years with professional British artist Graham Gurr. Within a couple of years she began exhibiting firstly in collective exhibitions and then in August 2009 helf her first solo exhibition 'ALIVE IN COLOUR' at the Banca Giuratale - Victoria, receiving much local acclaim. A second solo exhibition was held in November 2009 at the Hotel Excelsior - Floriana while in April 2011 Rachel held her third personal exhibition 'Colours of an Island',  once again at the Banca Giuratale in Victoria - Gozo.

Rachel has established herself in a prolific way working from he studio at home. She works in a variety of media and a range of topics producing some fantasy, abstract and landscape paintings. Her personal style has been developing over a number of years and her work can sometimes be conceptual and others more impressionistic.

Xaghra Landscape

Lunzjatata after the rain

 Ghajsielem

 Mgarr

 Xaghra from Marsalforn

Salvatur

Citadel from Kercem

Citadel from Kercem (detail)

Fontana after the rain 

Mgarr ix-Xini

 Ta' Lourdes

 Kantra

 Qala Sunset

Qolla s-Safra

Nadur

KIRBY CARUANA - PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS

KIEBY CARUANA

KIRBY CARUANA -  "While travelling allows to view the world with our eyes photography proves how little our eyes permit us to see."

In much the same way that writers, painters and musicians seek to evoke feelings through their respective media, Kirby Caruana seeks to share captured images through her lens.

Born in Malta (1984) and spending her early childhood in New York (USA), Kirby currently lives in Gozo, the sister island of Malta. A teacher by profession with an inclination towards the arts, her passion for photography originates during one of her Carnival visits to Venice some years ago. This festival of colour has initiated her photographic journey into various corners of the world, especially throughout Europe.

Over time, she had honed her skills both in capturing the moment and enhancing it with editing techniques, Merging two of her great passions in life, travel and photography. Kirby seeks to write her travelling using compelling images that express the feeling of a time, place, its people and culture.

Kirby Caruana is a member of the Malta Photographic Society.