Screenprints

This series of screenprints have been inspired by the detail of a piece of wild moorland in the Galloway Hills in Southwest Scotland.

Using close-up images of bits of foliage from a peat bank and small ’burn’, Sybil has created a range of work printed onto a variety of backgrounds, ranging from watercolour paper to hessian, linen, silk and cotton.

In some of the pieces she has used embroidery to link the images.

Each piece is unique and a one off using various different combinations of colour and materials.

Giclee Prints

Giclee printing is a high quality inkjet printing process that has excellent archival qualities, guaranteeing longevity.

The giclee prints in this section are again inspired by a piece of wild moorland in the Galloway Hills in Southwest Scotland, called High Eldrig and a standing stone found in a field of a farm near Newton Stewart, again in Southwest Scotland.

The final prints are combinations of a number of separate  images of these places incorporating textures and graphics inspired by the contradictions of the area.

Bog Foliage uses images of dereliction and abandonment as a result of the demise of human habitation in the area combined with images of the rampant, healthy foliage that continues to thrive, providing home to many other creatures when left to its own devices, reflecting the ongoing battle between man and the environment.

Clauchrum Stone, on the other hand, shows the ability of the present and the past to co-exist in what appears to be a peaceful and non threatening manner – or is it?