Julia Kerrison
Clive Daniels
Catherine Concah
Julia Kerrison
Clive Daniels
Catherine Concah
"With new eyes"
(Preview party Sunday 12th February, 1pm – 3pm, catered by Cafe Roseland, St Mawes)
Julia Kerrison, Catherine Concah & Clive Daniels
“With New Eyes” comprises a series of works exploring the hidden magic in the world around us, the hopeful signs of different worlds and secret stories taking place under our noses.
Clive Daniels takes the deep colours and organic shapes of hills and forests and weaves them into fantastical landscapes, with glimpses of ethereal figures disappearing amongst the trees. A shaft of sunlight illuminates a fairy wedding deep in the undergrowth, branches twist themselves into beckoning fingers. Each piece of work is vibrant and multi-layered, hinting at much more going on beneath the surface of the image.
Julia Kerrison explores the hidden beauty in seemingly mundane natural finds – a branch of pine cones is magnified and spotlit to become an elfin wand, the distant smoke of a bushfire charges the empty fields with rainbow colours, tiny jewel-coloured birds are symbols of hope in a dark land.
Catherine Concah’s stunning kiln-formed glass works have a very experimental feel. Her highly skilled unusual techniques produce unexpected colours and textures filled with hidden bubbles and cracks, reflecting her love of the sea.
She loves to be whimsical with her bubble pieces, often incorporating a silhouette of a creature from the sea surrounded by a bubbly world.
All three artists seek to expose the optimism and beauty in any sight or situation, encouraging us, in such bleak and cynical times, to look again, seeking the loveliness that is there for us to find if we are only willing to look.
Clive Daniels has been working as a professional artist for over twenty years, selling his work to private collectors in London, Cambridge and Cornwall. He recently took part in the group show “Figures in the Landscape” at the Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery.
Julia Kerrison has worked and trained in both London and New York. She trained initially in the theatre, focusing on scenic art, puppetry and mask making, before moving into fine art and illustration. This theatrical element is reflected in her work. She was the house artist for Trapdoor Theatre Company from 2000 – 2004, has worked at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden and her paintings have been exhibited as far afield as New Orleans and Australia.
Her recent exhibitions include all 4 “100 Square Foot” shows in Leytonstone, the Trannack Secret Art Sale which she also led workshops for, the 100 Journals Project, and artwork for the 2011 Brighton smash hit “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues”. She also curated the 2009 and 2010 “Volunteers on the Ramp Wall” exhibitions for The Exchange and Newlyn Art Gallery.
www.juliakerrison.com
Catherine Concah is an experimental glass artist, who is fascinated by how colours and textures interact within kiln formed glass. She has been working with glass for over 20 years and her inspiration comes from her love of the coast, the organic imagery of a wave, a beautiful cloud structure or the chance encounter with a found object on the beach. Catherine now lives in West London, but spent much of her life living in Cornwall, and returns several times a year to visit family and friends.
She is mainly self taught, and is always trying to develop new methods of exploration. Currently she has a fascination for “Crackle Glass” which was developed by world renowned glass artist Bob Leatherbarrow, who she was fortunate enough to study alongside earlier this year.
In order to create her own ‘Crackle’ range, Catherine applies layers of fine glass powder to sheet glass and manipulates them using a variety of techniques before firing to a temperature of 825 degrees Celsius before slowly cooling to relieve internal stresses. Creating the crackle effect often takes several separate firings to create a single piece.
Catherine works mainly with Bullseye glass and incorporates a range of different techniques which include the use of bubble powders and inclusions. She also loves to experiment with recycled glass, which is both challenging to work with and satisfying, resulting in a piece of art which has helped to prevent landfill. Many of the recycled vessels which she creates are made from safety glass which retains a wonderful fragmented texture when re-introduced to the kiln.