Gay Hutchings
Gay lives and works in Lavenham Suffolk. After studying languages and working abroad as an interpreter for many years, she returned to England and studied painting under Cecil Collins. She paints mainly in watercolour and mixed media, working from drawings and sketches made on her travels all over the world. As a print maker she specialises in relief printing and mono printing.
Since 1994 Gay has been working in Glad, while still painting and printmaking. She has worked to commission on both public and domestic windows. Commissions include two windows for the Royal London Hospital, a window for the foyer for the Headgate theatre in Colchester and a memorial window for Weldon Church, Essex.
More recently, she has been making glass without traditional leading, using such techniques as screenprinting, etching, bonding and fusing. As well as decorative plates and bowls, she creates colourful, textured, free-standing glass pieces and sculptures in wrought iron stands, using fusing and slumping techniques. Her work I mainly imaginative, inspired by the rich colours and shapes of landscapes and nature, together with the human figure.
1996-97 Caroline Swash Fellowship for 1 year’s research study in stained glass at Central St Martins, London.
1994-96 2-year Post Graduate Diploma in Stained Glass, Central St Martins.
1977-80 BA Hons degree in Fine Art Painting, Central School of Art, London