Tuesday 10th – Tuesday 17th June
Lansdown Hall and Gallery, Lansdown, Stroud, Glos. GL5 1BB
01453 767576
Paintings by Stan Giles. Transitions and boundaries in the landscape.
‘Close to the Edge’ explores the limits, restrictions and value of boundaries within the
landscape.
Increasingly the landscape is under pressure to meet social, economic and environmental
needs: what is clear is the relatively untouched edges, the ‘set-aside,’ the undergrowth, all
of which are now recognised as vital for wildlife diversity.
This series of work looks at the apparent disarray of plants in our hedgerows, the
transition between one element and another and the contrast in the untidiness of the
undergrowth.
It is also an attempt to look at the landscape not as a postcard moment but as a vibrant,
changing detail. The format draws on the Eastern tradition of formalised shapes, non-linear perspective and story telling.
The work represents one year of looking with each painting starting on site, working in all
weathers and often allowing the weather to affect the work: rain bleeding the colour,
snow making an indent, cold quickening responses, muddy puddles adding shapes and
wind blowing inks across a canvas.