Mary Gillett | Displacement, 2024
Etching
Media Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Image Dimensions: 63 x 48.5 cm
Edition of 10
Framed/unframed
The language of traditional etching, its tactile immediacy and its, often thrilling, unpredictability has unique eloquence for Mary Gillett. Interweaving this alchemical process with the layers and symbols inherent in landscape feels to her the most robust way of exploring a world of complex and overwhelming emotions, both personal and universal. A walk around Killarney Lake on Bowen Island in British Columbia prompted an array of visceral and stirring responses. Back in her UK studio, armed with a selection of iPhone photos and a head full of symbols, Mary worked through numerous proofs and stages. At each iteration, the responses carved out deeper meanings as the organic relationship between the plates and their outcomes became more intense. Her etching, Displacement, is one of three that sprung from the experience. Mary’s work has been described as conveying “powerful, uncompromising landscapes” pervaded by a “stern lyricism which speaks beyond place and season”. Dartmoor, where she grew up, is in her being but the North Cornwall coastline, the Scottish Highlands, and the seas and mountains of British Columbia have equal potency for her. The lyricism inherent in her landscapes sits firmly with the Romantic tradition. Mary Gillett, founder of Tamar Print Workshop in Devon, trained at Arts University Plymouth, the University of the West of England and Brighton University.
Etching
Media Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Image Dimensions: 63 x 48.5 cm
Edition of 10
Framed/unframed
The language of traditional etching, its tactile immediacy and its, often thrilling, unpredictability has unique eloquence for Mary Gillett. Interweaving this alchemical process with the layers and symbols inherent in landscape feels to her the most robust way of exploring a world of complex and overwhelming emotions, both personal and universal. A walk around Killarney Lake on Bowen Island in British Columbia prompted an array of visceral and stirring responses. Back in her UK studio, armed with a selection of iPhone photos and a head full of symbols, Mary worked through numerous proofs and stages. At each iteration, the responses carved out deeper meanings as the organic relationship between the plates and their outcomes became more intense. Her etching, Displacement, is one of three that sprung from the experience. Mary’s work has been described as conveying “powerful, uncompromising landscapes” pervaded by a “stern lyricism which speaks beyond place and season”. Dartmoor, where she grew up, is in her being but the North Cornwall coastline, the Scottish Highlands, and the seas and mountains of British Columbia have equal potency for her. The lyricism inherent in her landscapes sits firmly with the Romantic tradition. Mary Gillett, founder of Tamar Print Workshop in Devon, trained at Arts University Plymouth, the University of the West of England and Brighton University.
Etching
Media Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Image Dimensions: 63 x 48.5 cm
Edition of 10
Framed/unframed
The language of traditional etching, its tactile immediacy and its, often thrilling, unpredictability has unique eloquence for Mary Gillett. Interweaving this alchemical process with the layers and symbols inherent in landscape feels to her the most robust way of exploring a world of complex and overwhelming emotions, both personal and universal. A walk around Killarney Lake on Bowen Island in British Columbia prompted an array of visceral and stirring responses. Back in her UK studio, armed with a selection of iPhone photos and a head full of symbols, Mary worked through numerous proofs and stages. At each iteration, the responses carved out deeper meanings as the organic relationship between the plates and their outcomes became more intense. Her etching, Displacement, is one of three that sprung from the experience. Mary’s work has been described as conveying “powerful, uncompromising landscapes” pervaded by a “stern lyricism which speaks beyond place and season”. Dartmoor, where she grew up, is in her being but the North Cornwall coastline, the Scottish Highlands, and the seas and mountains of British Columbia have equal potency for her. The lyricism inherent in her landscapes sits firmly with the Romantic tradition. Mary Gillett, founder of Tamar Print Workshop in Devon, trained at Arts University Plymouth, the University of the West of England and Brighton University.
