Clestrain Possibilities…... From Kilmorack Gallery….. Steve Drury’s Views On Carbon Capture & Storage…..
by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 22 November 2024
Clestrain Possibilities…...
I was born and grew up in Bradford, Yorkshire. At one time, to get to where my parents lived from the City Centre I would walk up Church Bank, past the Cathedral and past the Old Paper Hall, which fascinated me.
It had a date carved over the door – 1643 – and was falling to pieces.
The building had been boarded up, but the place was being vandalized and the boarding had been broken in places. I didn’t go inside as the roof looked very dodgy, but I did peer through the gaps and could see what looked like old wooden panelling. I took some pics. of the exterior which show the state of decrepitude it was in at the time….
I tried to find out about it, but couldn’t find much. I also brought it to the attention of Bradford City Council, asking why it was being let go to ruin. I didn’t get an answer!
Life moved on - I’d gone away to University and my parents, on retirement, had gone home to Ireland.
Now and then, I wondered about the Old Paper Hall and presumed it had either been flattened to make way for the development which was going on in that part of Bradford, or was still mouldering away.
Recently, I was watching ‘Antiques Roadshow’ which was being filmed at a mansion where the man who owned it had bought a lot of wooden panelling from places that were being pulled down. This reminded me to the Old Paper Hall.
Life has moved on, and it’s now possible to Goggle just about anything. So I Googled, and found a Wikipedia entry for the Paper Hall….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Hall
And also found that the Hall has been renovated and is being used as offices! I’m not keen on the inside, which has lost most of its original features, but the outside looks very good, and it’s better than the place falling to bits or being bulldozed…..
https://www.eddisons.com/property-search/the-paper-hall-anne-gate-bradford-bd1-4eq
And now to the point – if that can be done with the wreck of a place the Old Paper Hall had become, it can be done with Clestrain….
https://theorkneynews.scot/?s=Clestrain+Bernie+Bell
Hopefully more sympathetically!
To me - there are comparisons which bring hope for the restoration of Clestrain.
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From Kilmorack Gallery….
“This winter's exhibitions are set to be our most stunning yet, with work of the rarest calibre. We recommend a visit, maybe even at the opening this Saturday (23rd,) 2 - 5:30pm if you can make it, before the show dissipates. We have had to call it the plural, exhibitions, to reflect the weight of works on show. Exhibitions include our small wall of 12" x 10" paintings, new flower paintings by Ann Oram and Iona Roberts, an exhibition, 'Natural Affinity,' by Paul Barnes. We also have Allan MacDonald's Icelandic paintings as well as work by the other Macdonald family (small 'd', Alan Macdonald and Rory Macdonald.) And we have new work from Robert McAulay, Lotte Glob, Henry Fraser and more. Showing in the gallery for the first time are paintings from Alice Campbell.
Please look at our website for more details and at our new arrivals page to keep up to date with the latest.
A new 3d tour of this show will become active early next week.
Please note that we are now on our Winter hours (Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 5:30pm)
Tony
ANN ORAM | Flowers in Winter
arrival | 18th November
There are few artists anywhere as joyful and accomplished in paint as Ann Oram. These six floral paintings, from the large 'Tulips and Spring Flowers in Green' to the pair of smaller works, are exuberant celebrations of colour, bursting with life and vitality.
PAUL BARNES | Natural Affinity
23 November - 21 December
The jewel-like paintings of Paul Barnes blend tribal art, folk and fairy law with a level of craftsmanship that gives the impression of timelessness, of being something found or discovered. This is an exhibition of fourteen new works, with a catalogue, which lets us step for a moment into Barnes' world of light and dark.
IONA ROBERTS | Flaming Flowers that Brightly Blaze
arrival | 22 November
ROBERT MCAULAY | Edge of the Field
arrival | 22 November
The embrace of nature and colour is to the heart of all of Robert McAulay's work. They are works that are painted because they have to be painted, and these are McAulay's latest five paintings - Edge of the Field - green, blue and crimson sky.
Winter Exhibitions
preview | 23rd November, 2 - 5:30pm
Our Winter Exhibitions run from 23rd November through until March. We have called it the plural, exhibitions, because there will be so much work - a small wall of 10" x 12" paintings, Paul Barnes' Natural Affinity and new work by Ann Oram, Alan Macdonald, Rory Macdonald, Robert McAulay, Maggie New and much more.
Small Wall
preview | 23rd November, 2 - 5:30pm
10" x 12" is a wonderful size of painting. It's not too big or too small, so after a gap of fifteen years we have reintroduced our small wall. Please explore this link to find out more.
3d tour (will be updated after Saturday's opening)
Gallery Hours
Always open by appointment.
Full opening times online
Kilmorack Gallery
by Beauly, Inverness-shire IV4 7AL
01463 783 230
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Steve Drury’s Views On Carbon Capture & Storage…..
https://earthlogs.org/2024/11/20/a-major-breakthrough-in-carbon-capture-and-storage/
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