glimpses
inaugural solo exhibition
6th December - 31st December 2019
The Beacon Arts Centre
Greenock, Scotland.
curated by fraser taylor
Glimpses
This body of work made in 2019 breaks with the notion of the carefully constructed view and instead offers fleeting glimpses and reflections exactly as they may be encountered on a journey through a landscape.
Scale and perspective are repeatedly changing so that one moment a fragment of landscape (flower/heather/grass/rock/stream) is in sharp focus and the next the ‘whole’ (distant field/ streambed /ravine /mountain) emerges.
Flickering light and moving shadow draw the viewer in and hint at the rhythm of the journey accompanied by an everchanging horizon.
'Glimpses' - Kelvingrove Park oil on board (1600 x 610mm)
'lighty-dark' light occurring at the edge of darkness after a cold clear day Isle of Bute oil on board (380 x 210mm) SOLD
Castle Lachlan Strachur (20) oil on board (600 x 210mm)
'stravaig' to wander aimlessly, unaided by outcome or destination Loch Tummel oil on board (600 x 210mm) SOLD
'ree' of weather raw, cold, frosty - Mugdock study oil on board (290 x 210mm) SOLD
'platos fire' shadows dancing inside a tree hollow on a sunny day in a wood Strachur (30) oil on board (210 x 210mm) SOLD
'boglach' general term for boggy area - Strachur (29) oil on board (265 x 210mm) SOLD
'dreich' dull, overcast, misty, cold - Mugdock (10) oil on board (330 x 210mm)
'Ion' small stream with soft, marshy banks - Strachur (30) oil on board (215 x 210mm)
Castle Lachlan - Strachur (22) oil on board (600 x 210mm)
'grinan' knoll or hillock that is often in the sun - Clairmont Gardens oil on board (300 x 210mm) SOLD
Castle Lachlan Strachur (23) graphite on paper (490 x 210mm)
Castle Lachlan Strachur (25) graphite on paper (300 x 210mm)
daal'mist, mist which gather in valleys overnight and is exhaled when the sun rises Strachur (28) oil on board (100 x 210mm) SOLD
leaf-whelmed in such dense foliage that sight is extremely limited Strachur (27) oil on board (80 x 210mm) SOLD