Exhibiting- local and remote
It’s some years since I have shown my work in physical rather than virtual form. The invitation was to submit both print and other media, to exhibit with fellow artists in the Northern Print studios.
Two of my images were selected: a print and a painting. The exhibition: One and Another runs until June 24th. What follows is the selected images, together with the accompanying written submission…
What most connects these images, both small details within larger landscapes, is also what most divides them. The etching comes from a series titled South Pennine Paths, prepared for an exhibition that was planned for April 2020. The exhibition was a victim of timing, despite the work being ready to show, and became an online-only experience. The ideas and source images for these series of photo-etchings and monoprints came from extensive walks on the Yorkshire/ Lancashire county boundary.Seedheads (2019). Photo-etching 38x31 cm
The more recent painting is of a more local landscape, from an ongoing series of works about walks around a small section of my local country park. The photographs, sketches, notes and ideas I gather while on these regular local walks has now become the main subject of my work.Winter Colour (2022). Oil and mixed media on paper. 41x30 cm.
So what most connects and divides these landscape details is the pandemic- as the very local focus of the work has its origins in the same restrictions that disrupted my print exhibition.