in absentia
solo exhibition
nicoll’s gallery
18th - 22nd November 2020
Nicolls Glasgow
inst @nicolls_glagow
curated by fraser taylor
At the time of lockdown 2020, I was experimenting with painting from memory, a new experience for me. My subject matter was the particular landscape by my home/studio, near Kelvingrove Park, (Glasgow), the Clyde Estuary Greenock, and the gardens at Off the Rails in Fife.
We tend to think of landscapes as affecting us most strongly when we are in them or on them, when they offer us the primary sensations of touch and sight. But there are also the landscapes we bear with us in absentia, those places that live on in memory long after they have withdrawn in actuality, and such places -- retreated to most often when we are most remote from them -- are among the most important landscapes we possess.
With thanks to : Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
Nicolls Glasgow Exhibition 2020
in absentia 03 Clyde Estuary oil on board (203 x 255mm) SOLD
in absentia 04 Clyde Estuary oil on board (200 x 255mm) SOLD
Work in progress @ The Beacon arts Centre.
in absentia 27/18 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (200 + 200 x 255mm)
in absentia 07 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (253 x 255mm)
in absentia 14 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (180x255mm) SOLD
The Beacon Arts Centre Oct 2020
in absentia 13 - Kelvingrove Park study - oil on board - ( 150 x 255mm ) SOLD
in absentia 25 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (255 x 255mm) SOLD
in absentia 43/44 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (405 x 255mm)
in absentia 21 - Kelvingrove Park pond study - oil on board - ( 265 x 255mm ) SOLD
in absentia 42/18 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (410 x 255mm)
Work in Progress @ 'Off The Rails' Art House Cupar, Sep 2020.
in absentia 01 - Ladybank Fife oil on board (180 x 255mm)
in absentia 02 - Ladybank Fife oil on board (190 x 255mm)
in absentia 08 - Ladybank Fife oil on board (178 x 255mm) SOLD
in absentia 35 - Ladybank Fife oil on board (202 x 255mm)
in absentia 47 - Ladybank oil on board (180 x 255mm)
in absentia 24 - Ladybank Fife study - oil on board - ( 190 x 255mm ) SOLD
Nicolls Gallery 2020
in absentia 17 - Ladybank Fife study - oil on board - ( 222 x 255mm )
in absentia 15 - Kelvingrove Park pond study - oil on board - ( diptych 235 x 255mm )
in absentia 11 - Kelvingrove Park pond study - oil on board - ( diptych 245 x 255mm ) SOLD
in absentia 05 - Ladybank Fife study - oil on board - ( 222 x 255mm ) SOLD
in absentia 19 - Clyde Estuary oil on board (200 x 255mm) SOLD
in absentia 23 - Kelvingrove Park pond study - oil on board - ( 180 x 255 mm ) SOLD