Click here or on the image below for all the details and pictures in Northern Lights! And despite the inclement weather it turned out to be a busy private viewing, with people travelling from as far as Aberdeen, Glasgow and Fife for a first look at my latest work.
I chose the title Northern Lights as it aptly reflects the nature and atmosphere of the majority of the work included in the exhibition. There are 12 oil paintings in the show, including the 3 above, which feature either Scottish lighthouses or shimmering twilight views across the Firth of Forth. In my etchings I focus more on the details, marks and tones that help to give each of the prints something distinctly different from all of my other work.
If you manage to get along to see it then please get in touch and let me know what you think at cliveramage gmail. Clive imbues his oils of lighthouses and the darker seascapes with that same feeling of delicate stillness and calm, building it with layer upon layer of transparent glazes β¦.
His intricate, detailed etchings, such as Dunnottar Castle, tell their own romantic stories, the individual marks carving out a brooding landscape β¦. But there is also a drama at play in these atmospheric pieces that comes from a deeply felt need to create a perfectly constructed arrangement, or a harmonious symphony, out of the interplay between the land, the sea and the elements. Weds-Fri: Sat: Sun: After almost a year of hard work and preparations, last Friday night saw the opening of my solo show at Frames Gallery in Perth.
And what a fantastic night it turned out to be, with almost a quarter of the pictures sold within 2 hours! And to add to my great feeling of relief and excitement I was delighted to see that there were already some red dots accompanying pictures before the doors officially opened! I want to say a huge!!
