Moray School of Arts is pleased to announce a group exhibition of work by the 25 students in the third year of the Schools BA Hon’s Fine Art Degree programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to see a diverse range of work including painting, photography, sculpture and installation from up and coming artists in Moray and the Highlands and Islands.

This exhibition will be held in Moray College’s own exhibition space which is housed in the elegant Grade B Listed building on Moray Street in Elgin.

The artists exhibiting include:

Joyce Thain: “I am influenced by shadow, light ,texture and detail, I am inspired by my world around me. my walks in the countryside, the dark areas in the undergrowth where the roots have been exposed. I work mainly with pencil and graphite and am amazed at the range of texture and depth of colour that can be achieved by utilising this medium“.

Victoria Caine: “By bringing together found objects I look to create a sculptural language that can communicate a sense of the emotions and personal memories that are at the core of what I make. The feelings that I tap into are universal and I would like to provoke an emotional response in the viewer that they can relate to in terms of their own experiences”.

Philip Maceachan: “In his work Phil visualises the evocative nature and the emotional turmoil created by upheavals by the Highland Clearances by bringing out the materialistic nature highlighting the broken timbers, the torn fabrics, lost crops and the shattered lives“.

Kathleen Campbell: “Kathleen Campbell is at present exploring the sense of loss. Her paper cut work is a complex illusion, generated by the interaction between the silhouettes and shadows, which captures the essence of lives lived and lost and ultimately what is left behind”.

Alan Adderley: “I have an aggressive style, expressing my ideas through installation, painting and photography.  My work expresses the point in a relationship where it stops being a union and more of a toxic survival“.

Christabel Bell: “Christabel Bell works from memories, which are personal to her. Along with a love for items, which are timeworn, and a fascination for duplicating childhood objects she seeks to incorporate issues faced by children and evoke within the viewer such experiences“.

Zoe Gwynne: “I am currently exploring tents and camping and the connection and sense of being I experience while I am camping which is brought about from the disconnection from technology and the virtual world. I am working in photography, film and installation“.

Louise Walsh-Evans: “My interest lies in the fragility of nature and the timeless rhythms of the natural environment, its beauty and simplicity. I find inspiration as I walk, observing, sketching and photographing. My work is inspired by some field diaries that I kept while working on a conservation project on the Isle of Mull“.

Stephanie McDaid: “I am working on a large scale sculpture produced through a combination of found objects, silicone work and textiles. I am exploring the effects of conversation, showing how mundane chats and flippant remarks can shape thoughts and feelings and have lasting effects“.

Helen Bruce: “My work seeks to interpret lines, marks and patterns seen in my everyday life”.

Michael Kelly: “My process has been predominantly bricolage with drawing, painting, sculpture, and digital media. Using forms from evidence based models of the world, especially of how the mind represents and interacts with it, I attempt to frame my personal spirituality within an aesthetic materialism”.

Bunny Little: “His work is inspired by his life experience in the environment and the natural world. Focussing on whatever medium suits his purpose, his concerns are the future of our largest land animal the Red Deer, which plays a prominent role in the social, economic fabric and culture of the Scottish Highlands“.

Tara Paterson: “My inspirations are based on exploring movement through rhythm and dance. My work is about observing and communicating the many patterns that are created in the performance of Scottish Highland Dances. Through drawing, photography and mono printing my work reveals the hidden messages of how these dance movements relate to rhythm“.

Abbey-Rose Kelly: “Abbey-Rose Kelly is an artist who responds to her environment through exploration of mixed media drawing, photography, printmaking and painting. Artist’s such as Gerhard Richter and Anselm Kiefer are a great source of inspiration in her work”.

Jamie Davidson: “Jamie explores the connection between experience, memory and how we relate to our present. Recurring themes in his work are what are thoughts, where do they come from and how do they change as we continually learn from engaging with the world. His work is multidisciplinary”.

Lyndsay Hyslop: “Lyndsay explores her own journey from conception to birth. The work is deeply personal and is interpreted in a variety of media from installation to film. You can follow her blog on: www.birthdom.wordpress.com”.

Bridget Ramsay: “Bridget chooses drawing for its immediacy. She captures the excitement of a moment in time. She documents individuals in repose as well as the twists and turns of contemporary dancers”.

Gareth Gittings: “I take a lot of influence from the early abstract expressionists, such as Marc, Klee and Kandinsky. Also the later American abstract expressionists in particular Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell. Using the mediums of oil and acrylic I am painting large abstract paintings that come from various forms that are taken drawings of a re-occurring dream”.

Sean Adams: “Using the camera as a tool to draw with I create abstract images which provoke a certain emotion in the viewer. Being interested in French philosopher  Derrida’s concepts I work with the idea of deconstruction to create my images. Breaking down refined images and then rebuilding them to create a different outcome as a re birthing process”.

Sue Macintosh: “Whether through pain or love or beauty, the moments we often seem to remember most are when the safe constructs of everyday life drop away and some other reality surges through”.

Stuart Reid: “My current work takes its inspiration from a contemporary spiritual text. The Revelation of Ares. (1974, 1977.) Through drawing and mixed media I create images as a means to visually reflect on my engagement with the text.”

Bethany Wilson: “Influenced by Land Art. Primarily Photographic and three dimensional imagery focusing on miniature perspectives and exploring the hidden past and memories left within the natural world”.

Eilidh Stewart: “My work evolves as a self-conscious juxtaposition of flat areas of colour, colours which are dragged, dabbed, dripped, carved back, and layered. All these working methods come together challenging not only myself but also the viewer; it’s a visual journey”.

Penny Curry: “I am fascinated by the use of symbols and symbolic references. Most of my work is based around using the written word, drawing, photography and 3D to question and examine the subject”.

Open every day from Monday 27th February to Thursday 8th March. Opening Hours 10am – 5pm Late night opening until 9pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Free admission.

Source: Moray School of Art