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Artist Statement:
I have always drawn on ancient
symbols from my own Scottish
background and I feel the
similarity of these symbols,
circles, concentric circles,
spirals etc, all common in
Pictish/Celtic Art convey
something of the magic and
religious function that Art
once held in this culture.
The works illustrated use such
sources as, Russian Icons,
Celtic and Pictish symbols,
African and Aboriginal Art,
Abyssinian Warrior Shields,
substance of land-geological
form, rocks and lichen, peat
and mosses, dust and sand,
mud, local architecture and
effects of the weather. A wide
variety of paints, wax and
bitumen is employed to create
surface textures of varying
density and opacity. Each
painting's surface is built up
in many layers, going through
many transformations before
completion. Increasingly the
original image is submerged
and a tension is created
between surface and depth.
Research into the Iconography
and Iconology attached to
pictorial representations
where the Christian and pagan
mythological figures used are
almost beyond interpretation
is involved. Past and present
work includes themes and
interests showing the
assimilation of Christian and
pagan rites and beliefs, in
the 'Christianised' images of
standing stones the
construction of churches upon
prehistoric sites and the
adaptation of pagan rituals...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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EXHIBITIONS
2007
Lighthouse, Poole Center for
the Arts, Poole
Billingham Art Gallery,
Billingham
2006
St. Jakobikirche, Stralsund,
Germany
2005
St. Jurgen Starkow
Mecklenburg, Vorpommem,
Germany
2003
Sutton House, London, UK
2002
Pilgrim Gallery, London, UK
2001
UNESCO Gallery, Amman, Jordan
The British Council, Amman,
Jordan
St Marys ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Aberdeen Art
Gallery, Scotland
Barclays
Bank PLC, England
Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art,
Dundee, Scotland
The
Hunterian Museum, University
of Glasgow, Scotland
The Scottish
Arts Council, Scotland
The
Bemis Foundation, Omaha,
U.S.A.
The
University of Nebraska, Omaha,
U.S.A.
Nogradi Torteneti Muzeum,
Salgotarjan, Hungary
Moscow Union...
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Commissions:
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