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Autumn Exhibition at Zenwalls Gallery in Peebles

I’m pleased to have been selected as one of the exhiting artists in the Autumn exhibition at Zenwalls Gallery, 68 Highstreet, Peebles, in the Scottish Borders.

Zenwalls Gallery specialises in abstract, classic and photographic mediums. The space hosts regularly changing engaging and thought-provoking exhibitions by both established artists and exciting new talent. With an emphasis on experimentation and interpretation, and a focus on exploring art in its historical, cultural and social contexts, Zenwalls serves as a gallery-laboratory.

Here is the installation view- I love the way that my paintings are in coversation with the seaweed photos by Allan Wright:

These are the paintings on display- three from the Reflections on the Water of Leith series and two from the From Portobello in the Rain series:

Purple Transformation

 

 

Purple_Trasformation

Private collection, Edinburgh

Acrylic and Oil on canvas

82cm x 51cm (Diptych- each painting is 41 x 51 cm)

The Shambala series is about the dangers of black and white thinking, contrasting mirror images of festival scenes. One side is purely black and white, and the other side is in full colour. Different perspectives give us different ways to see the world, but some of them don’t give us the full picture- black and white thinking can lose much of the truth. Mirror images are my metaphors for alternate realities, possibilities, or parallel universes.