Simon
Rivett
Rivett
James Adams Anthony Barber John Bathgate Ken Bryan Alan Campbell Rupert Copping Phil Gorton Dave Greenall Marnie Keltie Marion MacPhee Ruth O'Dell Simon Rivett
PAINTER
“The Outer Hebrides are a
landscape of water and air.
The Weather drives in on the Atlantic winds, visible for miles, over the evanescent colours of the sea, creating
a fabulous intensity of
chiaroscuro, highlighting the glaciated, muscular forms of the hills and moor. Light and form, my continuing
obsession, are the theme running through the work, demonstrating the ongoing struggle to record the
subtlety of the instant.”
landscape of water and air.
The Weather drives in on the Atlantic winds, visible for miles, over the evanescent colours of the sea, creating
a fabulous intensity of
chiaroscuro, highlighting the glaciated, muscular forms of the hills and moor. Light and form, my continuing
obsession, are the theme running through the work, demonstrating the ongoing struggle to record the
subtlety of the instant.”
SIMON'S STUDIO IN GEARANNAN VILLAGE, CARLOWAY, ISLE OF LEWIS SITS ON THE EDGE OF PEAT MOORLAND, PERCHED ABOVE CLIFF HEWN COASTLINE ON THE EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE NEARBY RESTORED BLACKHOUSE VILLAGE IS A REMINDER THAT FROM EARLIEST TIMES PEOPLES IF THEY WERE TO SURVIVE THE RAGING WESTERLY GALES AND STORMS HAD LITERALLY TO DIG THEMSELVES INTO THE LAND. LIKE STORM TROOPERS THE MONUMENTAL CLIFFS AND STANDING STONES OF NEARBY CALLANISH FACE THE ONSLAUGHT. LITTLE WONDER THEN THAT SIMON'S WORK IS LOADED WITH IMAGES OF PEAT MOOR AND CLIFF AGAINST ELEMENTAL SKIES.
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