Liz Douglas MIRE: POOLS & POCKETS 4th - 29th November 2017
Liz Douglas MIRE: POOLS & POCKETS 4th - 29th November 2017
Please note the gallery will be closed from 16th - 19th November as we are participating in the Edinburgh Art Fair. Liz Douglas will be one of five visual artists exhibiting with &Gallery on stand B11. Complementary tickets are available, please get in touch.
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LIZ DOUGLAS The work of Liz Douglas is about landscape with an emphasis on particular places. Drawing is an important element in her work which is used to collect information from a wide variety of sources when researching sites which interest her. She is trying to find a way of incorporating drawing into painting. What is drawing and what is painting – are they the same? This is a constant theme in her work. Contemporary practices in both drawing and painting, in relation to traditional methods, are a constant challenge in order to find innovative ways of making work that challenges her perception of landscape. She paints often on a large scale, layering paint to create surface texture, colour and structure.
My painting is influenced by specific landscapes. The ‘macro and micro’ and ‘visible and invisible’ are elements fascinate me which I incorporate into my work. I continually try to find ways to express elements of the landscape that reveal something else that is elusive and intriguing, difficult to quantify, with a poetic resonance. Drawing is an important part of the process – a looking at the landscape, engaging with it in all weathers to find something that resonates. I have a long connection with landscape – it is part of myself and something that I always try to connect with through my working process. In my research work I explore ancient themes, contemporary issues, northern European painting traditions, and Eastern traditions to explore my subject matter.
Mire Poem Mixed Media on Canvas, 80 x 64cm
Northern Landscape Mixed Media on Canvas, 150 x 150cm
Fen Pools Mixed Media on Canvas, 80 x 80cm
Green Light Mixed Media on Canvas, 80 x 80cm
Broomy Gutter Mixed Media on Canvas, 150 x 150cm
Listening to the Wind Mixed Media on Canvas, 80 x 80cm
Dryhope Mixed Media on Canvas, 80 x 80cm
Raft Mixed Media on Canvas, 130 x 130cm
Transition Mixed Media on Canvas, 150 x 150cm
L I Z DO UG LAS Q U A LI FI CATI O NS 1993 1991
Master of Fine Art – Painting Edinburgh College of Art B.A. Hons. Drawing and Painting Edinburgh College of Art
AWAR D S 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2008 2005 2004 2000 1993 1991
Visual Artist and Craft Makers Awards: South of Scotland 2014-15 Creative Place Commission 2014 – Eastgate The Theatre, Peebles Edinburgh Laser Studio Award - SSA con-TEXT Residencies 2011/12 – Heriot Watt University, School of Textiles and Design, Galashiels Visual Artists Awards: Scottish Borders 2010/11 Deloitte and Touche LLP Award – SSA Annual Exhibition Scottish Natural Heritage – research award Scottish Borders Council – research award The Evelyn William Trust – Bursary Drawing Quarters 2005 – UWE The Hope Scott Trust – research award Scottish Natural Heritage – research award Society of Scottish Artists – Edinburgh Printmakers Research Award John Florent Stone Scholarship Angus Award for Landscape – RSA Student Exhibition Borders Biennial – Commended
M E MBE R SH I P S 1996
Professional Member of Society of Scottish Artists
WORKS IN PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Standard Life,Edinburgh College of Art, The National Trust for Scotland,Scottish Borders Council, Paintings in Hospitals, Scotland, Flying Colours Gallery, East and Midlothian Art Fund, Capital Solutions, Eildon Group, Barclays Bank, Wetherspoons Peebles.
EXHIBIT IONS 2017 ‘Intranquility’, Tweeddale Museum, Peebles – curated SSA project Outlook, mixed exhibition – &Gallery, Edinburgh ‘Intranquility’ Dunfermline Fire Creative – curated SSA project 2016 ‘Intranquility’ An Talla Solais, Ullapool – a group curated exhibition ‘Intranquility’ SSA Annual Exhibition Wasps Artists Studios Open Studios Exhibition 2015 The Debateable Landscape – November 2015 – SBC Museum Hawick Empire: SSA curated exhibition – Old Rope Works, Montrose- July/August- invited artist The Steading Exhibition, Morebattle Mains, Kelso &Collective, Bridge of Allan 2014 SSA Eastgate Theatre, Peebles – Creative Place commission 2013 Sofia International Paper Art Biennial RSW; RSA; SSA 2012 Dovecot ‘ Hidden Stories’ – reconstructed studio SSA 2011 ‘Mire’ Harestanes, Ancrum, Jedburgh ‘Way’ Art Installations, Over Phawhope Bothy, Ettrick SSA 2010 Solo Exhibition ‘Seeds of Time’, Tweeddale Museum, Peebles 2009/10 SSA/ The Shape of Thing/Harestanes; Seeds of Time, Tweeddale Gallery, Peebles 2008 The Meffan,Forfar/Arbroath/Montrose - Interface 2006 Seeds of Time 2 Peebles Museum Mainhill Gallery/SSA/Harestanes 2005 Willowlines – new work from Ettrick Haughland 2004 Collyer-Bristow Gallery, London Wasps,Peebles/SSA 2003 SSA 2001-4 Interface-Sci-Art Touring Exhibition-Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries/Kilmarnock/Wick/St Andrews/ Galashiels 2000 SSA/Art 2000 1999 Seeds of Time – new work Harestanes Environmental Centre, Ancrum/Glasgow Art Fair/Art 99
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