Living Landscapes
Work by six artists exploring landscape painting: Rob Moore, Patti Lean, Jake Atree, Jean Davey Winter, David Fulford and Richard Hatfield.
14 January – 25 February 2017 – Gracefield Gallery 1 and 2
This touring group exhibition brings together six contemporary British painters exploring their individual experiences of landscape through painting. In an increasingly digital age these artists reaffirm that painting still has relevance. Rob Moore, Patti Lean, Jake Attree, Jean Davey Winter, David Fulford and Richard Hatfield are painters taking very different conceptual and technical approaches to working inventively and passionately from the landscape as subject matter. Join us in the gallery to meet and chat with some of the artists in the exhibition on the opening Saturday from 2-4pm, (refreshment served).
Gracefield is the penultimate venue in a national tour and features a talk and hands-on workshop by the artists. On Saturday 4 February, 2-3pm Dumfries and Galloway artist Patti Lean will lead give a short informal talk on the exhibition, the nature of abstract painting and her own practice. Places are £4 with tea and cake. Please book in advance on 01387 262084.
Then on Saturday 11 and 12 February ‘Inspired by Landscape: A Painting Master Class with Patti Lean, Rob Moore and David Fulford’. This focused weekend of practical art takes inspiration and tuition from three of the artists exhibiting in the Living Landscape exhibition. Open to beginners or those with art experience the course looks at the basics of preparing to paint in oil/acrylic – from sketchbook drawings in a variety of media and then developing ideas and observations through process towards a finished painting on canvas. There are only 12 places in total available so please book by 28 January. Cost per person £125 (Includes tea and coffee, sketching paper and one primed canvas approximately 50 by 30cms. More detailed course schedule will be available on enquiry).
Communities Chair, Councillor Tom McAughtrie commented: “Living Landscape is an exciting and dramatic exhibition that shows of painting at its very best, with some artworks, like Jake Atree, using a more realist depiction of landscape and some, like Rob Moore, capturing the colour and essence of a place. But they are all unique and fascinating reflection of what’s happening in painting across the UK”.
There are lots of ways for you to get creative this new year –and if you want to try something new, artist Bella Green has a few places left on her one day course ‘ipad for painters’ on 18 February (£65/55), and in early March Pamela Grace leads a Solar Plate Refresher/Intro explore modern printmaking techniques (£48/40). All course need to be pre-booked but give us a call on 01387 262084 for details. The exhibition is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm, admission free.
Visit the website at www.dumgal.gov.uk/gracefield or check out Facebook and Twitter. There’s plenty parking and our lovely Café Hubbub for some healthy lunches and snacks and of course, cake.
