Exhibition Old Gala House, Galashiels, Scotland
June 25th - July 31st 2011
Exhibition Introduction
The origin of my work is the Land.
My involvement began with the landscape and developed into an awareness of its structure influenced by geology, archeology and the uses which man has made of it past and present, particularly as seen from hills and aircraft.
The response to journeys made in Canada, the Scottish islands and more locally in the Borders, are the starting points for the exploration of marks, patterns, geological features and the overlooked, in collage and digital print.
I use papers, for the collages because they have textures that are similar to the surfaces I see and can give the sensation I wish to create. Using other media where necessary adds other dimensions.
Artist Books and assemblages are also part of my practice, used where they will develop an idea further.
The origin of my work is the Land.
My involvement began with the landscape and developed into an awareness of its structure influenced by geology, archeology and the uses which man has made of it past and present, particularly as seen from hills and aircraft.
The response to journeys made in Canada, the Scottish islands and more locally in the Borders, are the starting points for the exploration of marks, patterns, geological features and the overlooked, in collage and digital print.
I use papers, for the collages because they have textures that are similar to the surfaces I see and can give the sensation I wish to create. Using other media where necessary adds other dimensions.
Artist Books and assemblages are also part of my practice, used where they will develop an idea further.
Survival
Landscape No. 1
Traces
Landscape No. 2
Land Patterns
Untitled 2011
Badlands
Borderlands Nos. 4, 10, 11 and 5
Across the Fields and into the Hills
Land Markings
Landscape No. 4
Landscape No. 3
Encounters
Digital prints
Land Marks No 2
Land Marks No 3
Land Marks No 4
Land Marks No 6
Land Marks No 12
Land Marks No 14
Land Marks No 15
Land Marks No 16