Winter Annual Exhibition, &Gallery, Edinburgh

My painting Formation 6 will be included in this great group show.

Acrylic and pencil on framed plywood panel.

24.8 x 30 cm.

Annual Winter Exhibition at the &Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh.

3 - 23 December 2022

www.andgallery.co.uk

All are welcome on Saturday 3rd December between 2-4pm for the opening of the exhibition. 

The annual end of year exhibition brings together the work of 31 artists who regularly exhibit in the gallery. Showcasing a variety of artworks on a large and small scale. 

Exhibiting artists: Rebecca Appleby, Joy Arden, Jonathan Barber, Andrew Clausen, Michael Craik, Joan Doerr, Liz Douglas, Hanna ten Doornkaat, Jana Emburey, Jeffrey Cortland-Jones, Gwen Hardie, Susan Laughton, Karine Léger, Elfyn Lewis, Jai Llewellyn, James Lumsden, Andrew Mackenzie, David Mankin, Ivan De Menis, Emily Moore, Mary Morrison, Frances Priest, Lorraine Robson, Anke Roder, Laura Jane Scott, Anna Somerville, Jon Thomas and JFK Turner.

 

Handpainted and gilded plywood sculptures inspired by architecture.

I have just been updating my online shop and I still have some of my lasercut plywood sculptures available. They are inspired by houses and industrial buildings. My drawings are lasercut into Poplar plywood, then I paint, gild and engrave one side.

The freestanding ones are 18mm thick and the wall hanging are 9mm thick. And 125mm or 90mm high.

 

My long standing interest in landscape and architecture has always inspired my drawing and painting. Vernacular buildings, both rural and urban, domestic and functional, have found a place in my paintings for some time, no doubt also informed by time as an architectural technician. I am particular drawn to the triangular form of the gable ends of buildings, whether they be simple sheds, northern terraces, suburban 1960’s bungalows, barns or giant warehouses. The move from painting to 3D forms was an instinctive urge, a desire for a more physical, tactile exploration. That exploration encompasses both the formal aspects of architectural, geometric shapes and what they mean in the sense of home, shelter, work and human endeavour and it’s impact on our external and internal landscapes. I think there is also an element of play involved in creating imaginary worlds, remembering the painted wood toy building blocks of childhood.