re-imaginings
solo exhibition of new work on paper
5th - 10th November 2021
Nicols Gallery
curated by Fraser Taylor
re - imaginings
The subject is the landscape. Working within the studio and from Greenock workshops there are familiar elements of the landscape appearing in these works: rolling hills, still water of the river Clyde, early dawn, cusp of duskness, capturing an atmosphere, conveying a sense of the more ethereal essence of a particular landscape.
These works on paper focus on composition as a way of re-imagining new and existing work. Working with the frame to capture a composition, the other pieces of the original art work were reconfigured to create a new harmonious collage. The two pieces are considered as a diptych (frame and collage) sitting side by side in dialogue with each other.
Imaginings Two (Greenock) 500x295mm
Imaginings Two (Greenock) detail
Imaginings Three (Greenock) 450x295mm
Imaginings Three (Greenock) detail
Imaginings Four (Greenock) 450x295mm
Imaginings Four (Greenock) detail
Preparing re-imaginings work at The Beacon Arts Centre 2021.
Imaginings Five (Greenock) 500x295mm
Imaginings Five (Greenock) detail
Imaginings Six (Greenock) 500x295mm
Imaginings Six (Greenock) detail
Imaginings Seven (Greenock) 450x295mm
Imaginings Nine (Clairmont Gardens) 450x295mm
Imaginings Nine (Clairmont Gardens) detail
Imaginings Fifteen (Clairmont Gardens) 450x295mm
Imaginings Fifteen (Clairmont Gardens) detail
Imaginings Twenty (Clairmont Gardens) 450x295mm
Imaginings Twenty (Clairmont Gardens) detail
The medium, liquid graphite, helps to convey an esoteric landscape, flickering light, moving shadow, drawing the viewer in and hinting at this re-imagined landscape.