The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition 2024
by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 06 December 2024
The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition 2024
Each year the Pier Arts Centre has a Chrismas Exhibition of work by local artists. Each year, we go to see it if we can and this year was no exception.
The Exhibition, however, was exceptionally good – varied – inspired – I went into sensory over-load.
These choices are purely my personal preference, starting at the top of the building, and working my way down.
In the very top room Sharyn Crossly’s - ‘Ripe Bananas’….
….at £80 - a snip compared to this…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedian_(artwork)
Alison Clark’s - ‘November Dance’…..
And ‘October Light’…
Shaun William Stanger’s - ‘St. Magnus Cathedral Door’….
Robinson R.R.’s - ‘King Canute Faces a Dawn Reckoning’….
And – ‘Hostile Shore’….
Having a sit down along the way, looking sideways at the two pieces together…
‘Lava Dance’ by RJW….
Joanne Holdinga’s clever knitting – ‘Your Turn’ and ‘I (heart) Stromness’. Straight on - just rows of knitting.....look at them sideways and....
How does she do it?
Kevin Gauld’s – ‘A Finger Print of Nature’…
The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition wouldn’t be complete without Michael Sinclair…
https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/01/07/timelines-of-an-orkney-wood-turner/
This year’s piece is entitled ‘Viking Bowl with Compass Card’…
Helen Keauffling’s - ‘Elemental Eggs’…
….has echoes of Becky Little’s work….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=17008
Two pieces by Robin Palmer …
‘Cirripede’
And ‘Porifera’
Johan Mowat’s ‘Soothsayer’ is a mirror – so – the image might hold an image of a Soothsayer?…
Sarah Smith’s - ‘Winter Solstice’ and 'Summer Solstice'..….
Small, simple, but they capture the times.
Patty Boonstra’s piece entitled ‘Muttering to the sea’ - to me, presents the human body as a landscape – possibly with streams or rivers flowing to the sea.…
As always - art is open to individual interpretation.
See what I mean about sensory over-load?
To find out more about the Pier Arts Centre….
https://www.pierartscentre.com/
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