HELL OR HIGH WATER VIKKIE PATTERSON

Mon 24 July - Sat 2 Sept | Gallery

Painter and Belfast School of Art PhD researcher, Vikkie Patterson, is a former bursary recipient at the John Hewitt Summer School and for this exhibition to coincide with the JHISS 2023, she exhibits new work on repurposed sackcloth created since the beginning of this year.

Hell Or High Water is an ongoing series of oil paintings on stretched and primed coffee bean sacks which reflects on the upheaval caused by contemporary global events. As with previous works in the series, there remains an element of optimism, and a promise of futurity embedded in these paintings.