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Flower
Canvases
These flower canvasses are inspired
by some particular aspect of a flower head. They reflect the intrigue
of looking into the heart of the flower, taking this very tiny area
and creating large scale images that are hard to miss or walk past.
Forms are simplified, fusing
paint and embroidery to bring a more expressive, textured quality to
the canvas.
Colours are
either vibrant and strong or calm and reflective, echoing the
essential quality of the flower itself and how it can affect us.
These are contemporary pieces with
the image sometimes extending around the edges of the canvas leaving
the client the choice of whether to frame the image or not.Landscapes
These landscapes are based on
both the west coast of Scotland and the West coast of Ireland. Again
this work is about the Land rather than the landscape. It is
impossible to walk through land that has been inhabited for thousands
of years by our ancestors without being moved by this fact.
This series of work is based
on this theme. Whether we try to live on the land or abandon all
attempts to live in some places the presence of the past is always
around us.
A
Once Inhabited Landscape
The Burren is one of the most
renowned, busiest and well known areas of the West of Ireland. Yet,
even in the middle of the height of the tourist season it is possible
to be completely alone here. The wonder of the rock formations, the
sea, the sky, the land, the light (all very much elements of the
present) and the suspicion that the past is always hovering around,
all conspire to keep any sensitive soul captivated.
High Eldrig, or ‘the hill’ as
it is affectionately known could not be more different from the Burren
in some ways. It is very much a once inhabited landscape yet is still
a working hill farm. Few tourists other than the very determined
walker or rambler ever venture to this place. Sheep and wildlife rule
here.
Yet it has all the same
qualities as the Burren, the small lakes, the sky, the light, the land
extending for hundreds of miles in all directions - a haven or a very
dangerous place – a strong sense of the present and the past always
apparent.
In these
pieces, Sybil uses a variety of techniques including oils, acrylics
stitchwork, fragments of other materials and media to build up layers
that suggest something of the sense these places – from beauty and
peace to drama and intrigue. |
