Secrets We Cannot See
'Secrets We Cannot See' is an Artist's Book on the loss of knowledge of ancestors, their beliefs and their rituals.
This piece was selected for the Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, and was exhibited at the National Gallery of Scotland in 2017.
A5, 32-pages, coptic bound. 3 colour screenprinted book. Edition of 3.
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”Moving through remote Irish landscapes with a dreamlike impressionism it’s a call back to ancient wise folk; a reminder that landscape and place endure even though our own societal structures are subsumed and forgotten within their environs.”
The original images were created with a mixture of pencil marks and trace monotype, experimenting with line and texture. With a slow pace mixing image and text, it juxtaposes the figurative and the abstract.