The Edge of the World

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse (Watercolour)




New Exhibition at The Gallery, Masham : The Edge of the World
21st July to 31st August

Saltburn Pier (Watercolour)

The Gallery in Masham is mounting an exhibition entitled The Edge of the World which opens with a preview on July 20th. The exhibition's title is taken from a remarkable film set on a remote Scottish island: The Edge of the World. (More about the film below).

Looking From The Yorkshire Border (Mixed Media)
Middlesmoor (Watercolour)

The exhibition will feature by some terrific artists: Catherine Sutcliffe-Fuller, Heather Gatt, Pamela Knight, Winifred Hodge, Gareth Buxton, Lesley Birch and myself.
 
The concept of "the edge" can mean so many things. The more I thought about it the more I realised that I would have to make some careful choices in exploring the subject. In the end I painted a serious of works which relate to the theme in different ways.
 
Two pictures: Looking From the Yorkshire Border and Saltburn Pier take Yorkshire as my world and show the views looking from the pass which leads from Cumbria into Swaledale and, far to the East, the end of Yorkshire where Saltburn pier dips its toes in the water.

Lindisfarne (Watercolour)
Lindisfarne (Screen Print)

The images of Lindisfarne and Bamburgh refer both to life on the edge of England but also to where the worlds of the Celtic saints and the Vikings first met. Middlesmoor Church is on a hill, high at the head of Nidderdale, standing in an ancient sacred place where, in the Dark Ages, the edge of earth met the edge of heaven.

Skye from Sanna (Screen Print)

Skye from Sanna and The Lightouse, Ardnamurchan are both paintings from Ardnamurchan in Argyllshire, the most westerly part of the British mainland. Here a long finger of land reaches out, over the isle of Mull, towards the Hebrides. It’s the edge of Scotland and it feels like the edge of another world.
 

Bamburgh (Watercolour)
 
The Edge of the World is at:
The Gallery, 24, Market Place, Masham,  North Yorkshire. HG4 4EB
www.mashamgallery.co.uk
 
There is a preview on July 20th at 7.30 pm. Come and join us for a glass of wine if you can.

The exhibition runs from  21st July to 31st August
The Gallery opening hours are:
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm
Monday - Closed