Saturday 30th November 11am - 1pm
We are delighted to welcome Scottish artist Michael Craik back for his third solo exhibition, The Space In Between. Join us in the gallery to hear more about the exhibition over a coffee.
The event is informal, so feel free to drop in anytime between 11am and 1pm to chat to Michael and view the work. The event is free however booking is required.
The space in between is a place that often passes unnoticed, a zone of stillness, offering an opportunity to recalibrate before ones attention is redrawn. Such spaces are the building blocks of Michael Craik’s practice.
For ten years he has worked from a coastal studio in Fife overlooking the Firth of Forth estuary, methodically creating his minimal paintings. Bordering this expansive body of ever-changing water and light, subconscious associations result in intuitive decisions that inform the colour and design for each painting. From the first idea to the final layer of paint, temporal spaces fill the gaps created by a repetitive process of brushing, pouring, sanding and waiting. During such intervals, new directions materialise, leading to alterations in hue, saturation and tone. At a basic level Craik is painting space. Craik’s pared-back artworks do not offer the viewer a subject or direction. Instead, his subtly constructed chromatic fields offer tranquil vistas, where the onlooker is invited to pause and reflect.
