Artist Talk :: Eric Cruikshank :: Light from a Shared Place
We are delighted to welcome Eric Cruikshank to the gallery for his first solo exhibition. Join us for an informal Q&A with the artist on Saturday 12 August!
About Artist Talk :: Eric Cruikshank :: Light from a Shared Place
We are delighted to welcome Eric Cruikshank to the gallery for his first solo exhibition.
Join us for an informal Q&A with the artist on Saturday 12 August.
The gallery will be open until 5pm to view the exhibition and to chat with the artist over a glass of fizz.
Guests are invited to propose a question for the talk when booking.
The event is free however booking is essential.
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Taking landscape as an initial starting point, Cruikshank’s paintings are not about literal representation; instead the focus is on the emotive qualities of place. Using an objective palette tied to the Scottish landscape, colour acts as a vehicle to reveal the picture planes underlying points of reference. With the structure, design, and colour harmony being grounded in the everyday, the viewer is encouraged to readdress notions of their surroundings, where the familiar is opened up and made full of possibility.
With the works coming out of the territory of traditional art and values, through process and presentation, a dialogue opens between the past and present, the historical and the contemporary. Despite an allusion to the social, spiritual and material contexts within the field of his art, the principal criteria always comes back to the base construct elements. Shape, colour, and surface offer a foundational support, allowing the viewer to uncover layers of potential meaning as each element is considered. In the absence of imagery or narrative, the panels are left open to interpretation, as an almost blank plane to reflect the viewers own emotions and ideas.
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