jon macleod
GEORGINA COBURN hears Jon Macleod’s account of his productive residency in Macedonia
.....Documented through the artist’s online blog, daily sketches, visual diary pages, paintings, projection work and photography, the richness of flora and fauna, the character, warmth, hospitality and beliefs of local people have a personal and universal meaning.
There is a combination of the worldliness of a travelogue, scientific investigation and museum display combined with an otherworldliness of spiritual thought and imagery.
Traditionally our stories, folklore and religious belief used to make sense of the immediate world around us. There is a simplicity and reverence contained in the close observation of plants, flowers and other natural elements that permeate the artist’s work.
Superimposed images of insects, butterflies and plants over stone and iconic imagery in black and white are particularly effective. Dual projection of natural images attracted a local Cromarty butterfly to the light, completing the moving image perfectly as part of the exhibition!
Having such an experience will no doubt lead to further explorations by the artist of his home environment on the Isle of Lewis and I hope it may be possible to view this ongoing development in subsequent exhibitions.
.....Documented through the artist’s online blog, daily sketches, visual diary pages, paintings, projection work and photography, the richness of flora and fauna, the character, warmth, hospitality and beliefs of local people have a personal and universal meaning.
There is a combination of the worldliness of a travelogue, scientific investigation and museum display combined with an otherworldliness of spiritual thought and imagery.
Traditionally our stories, folklore and religious belief used to make sense of the immediate world around us. There is a simplicity and reverence contained in the close observation of plants, flowers and other natural elements that permeate the artist’s work.
Superimposed images of insects, butterflies and plants over stone and iconic imagery in black and white are particularly effective. Dual projection of natural images attracted a local Cromarty butterfly to the light, completing the moving image perfectly as part of the exhibition!
Having such an experience will no doubt lead to further explorations by the artist of his home environment on the Isle of Lewis and I hope it may be possible to view this ongoing development in subsequent exhibitions.