Title
Light Trails
Description
Remote disused mining sites have become another point on my journey into painting industrial ruins. Hodge Close quarry near Coniston, Cumbria, contains remnants of the marks of man, a dark but spectacular reminder of a hard and dangerous history of labour. Now a sanctuary for wildlife, and destination for adventurers, it’s sculpted glistening shapes provide a hypnotising terrain on which light can dance, and therefore a rich world to be explored through paint.
The wall-sized painting was commenced at the quarry itself, developed in the studio, and finally finished once installed in the gallery space.
It is both a response to, but also wishes to recreate for the viewer, the sensorial experience of being in the quarry. It borders between sculpture and painting, each slat tilting with fragility, a reminder that the platelets of the slate structure are never stable, and can break away and fall at any minute.
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The work was installed in and fully documented by, Baltic 39, Newcastle, UK in May/June 2021, as part of the Northumbria University MFA interim show.
The wall-sized painting was commenced at the quarry itself, developed in the studio, and finally finished once installed in the gallery space.
It is both a response to, but also wishes to recreate for the viewer, the sensorial experience of being in the quarry. It borders between sculpture and painting, each slat tilting with fragility, a reminder that the platelets of the slate structure are never stable, and can break away and fall at any minute.
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The work was installed in and fully documented by, Baltic 39, Newcastle, UK in May/June 2021, as part of the Northumbria University MFA interim show.
Year
2021
Location
Baltic 39, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK