Also coming along shortly now is a show at the Lime Tree Gallery in Long Melford, Suffolk, with weel-kent Scottish artists Pam Carter, Joe Hargan and Peter King.
The theme of the exhibition is colour, and vibrant,
expressive colour is one of the hallmarks of Scottish art. This love of colour, along with energetic mark-making
and a joy in the texture of oil paint are all characteristics of my work.
For
the show, I have made a special collection of ten paintings, each of which
celebrates a different colour.
Over
a series of months, I made careful studies and observations in various locations
in Suffolk, Scotland
and Northern Ireland,
taking photographs and making notes. Back in the studio, I used this large library of
reference material to create the finished oil paintings.
Each
of my pictures at this exhibition has a key colour in their title and as their
theme - hence the stormy olive green of the rough North Sea,
the sunny yellow of autumn grasses, the uplifting red of poppies. The colour is observed in nature, but is then
heightened and emphasised in order to give an expressive and emotional force to
the scene.
Colour,
then, is not just purely descriptive, but also captures an emotional feeling of
what is was like to be in the landscape, and a very specific sense of place and
time.
To give you a flavour of the show, here are some of my collection.
Olive Green Sea in Summer Storm, Aldeburgh (Oil on linen, 32 x 32)
Orange Carpet of Autumn Leaves (Oil on linen, 16 x 16)
Turquoise Evening Sea, Aldeburgh (Oil on linen, 32 x 32)
Pink Grasses in Sunlight, the Campsies (Oil on linen, 12 x 12)
You can also see a link to all the paintings here. The show opens on Saturday 25th April, and runs until May 30th.
