Great Atlantic Art, based in St Just, is exhibiting the work of two local artists at Plymouth College next week.
Known as much for its travelling exhibitions as its gallery in Cornwall, Great Atlantic Art is showing the work of Carrie Taylor and Mark Spray in the independent school's Art Haus. Carrie Taylor will be showing paintings of "Hedgerows and Flowers", while Mark will be showing paintings, drawings and etchings from his "Prometheus, Dartmoor Tors & Weathering" project - Great Atlantic Art has published a small book about the Prometheus project and signed copies will be on sale alongside the paintings, drawings and etchings.
"The seeds for Mark Spray's Prometheus Project were sown in acid, boggy soil in October 2006 during a hike over the bleak Dartmoor
landscape", said Michael Jay of the Great Atlantic Gallery. "Spray had been
immersing himself in Ted Hughes' collection of 21 poems on the theme of
the Greek legend of Prometheus and his Crag. The combination of the
legend, Hughes' poetry and the barren wilderness of Dartmoor led Spray to embark on a multi-faceted project. The result is a cohesive collection of paintings that is both anchored in topography and floating in verse, metaphors and other literary associations."
"It is an annual delight for us when St Just artist Carrie Taylor brings her latest collection of work to us", continued Michael. "While never shy of painting the 'big picture' and extolling the delights of the majestic landscape around us here in West Cornwall, Carrie more often than not looks to the hedgerows and patches of untended ground and to the shores for her hidden glories. Her focus on twigs and branches, grassy banks and strand lines and on the timid creatures of scrub and bush and shore, make her paintings a delight to behold.
The exhibition is running Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. 30th April to 14th May (excluding 3rd, 4th and 5th May) All are welcome.
For further information please contact Michael Jay on 01736 788911 or visit www.greatatlantic.co.uk
