Exhibition open daily from 11am - 4pm featuring six local artists.
Anke Addy, Photographer
Born in the lowlands of the Netherlands, the mountainous northeast of Scotland has been Anke’s home for more than 35 years. During this time, Anke walked, cycled, skied and, as a teacher, was involved in environmental education in the wonderful landscape of the Cairngorms.
Photography was a natural progression from her experiences in the hills and its wildlife and after attending Aberdeen College, to gain more knowledge about the subject, she became a freelance photographer in 2000.
Photos have been shown in mixed and solo artist exhibitions, published in magazines and have been successful in ‘British Wildlife Awards’ and ‘Scottish Nature Photography Awards’.
During 2017 the photographer re-visited many glens and mountains to capture Nan Shepherd’s imaginary of ‘The Living Mountain’. This project resulted in a touring Photographic Exhibition and Book ‘The Living Cairngorms’ giving equal importance to Mountains, Air and Light, Water, Snow and Ice, Plants, Birds and Mammals.
Anke has worked with an analogue medium format camera, developing the film herself and handprinted the Monochrome images. Lately, digital photography has been the main way of creating images.
Michael Waight, Printmaker
Originally from Dorset, Michael has lived in Aberdeen since the mid 1980’s. For many years he worked at Peacock Visual Arts, only leaving in 2019. Michael has been currently working for the Provost James Rae Trust, helping Barbara Rae with her archive of work, with half of his time spent in Edinburgh. Out-with this, Michael has continued teaching both in the city and shire and have been a visiting lecturer at both Grays School of Art in Aberdeen and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee.
The wood constructions on view have that combination of landscapes both seen and imagined. Michael’s work continues to harness the poetic logic of the landscapes around us. There is a formality or iconography to these works – structured not unlike verse or music – both being important influences and reference points. The matt quality to the works have come about because of the use of gouache as a medium to colour them with. It soaks into the wood rather than just sitting on the surface. The colour becomes an integral part of the works rather than any afterthought.
Mahri Prince, Textiles
Living in the foothills of the Cairngorm National Park surrounded by mountains, forests, rivers and wildlife provides the impetus for Mahri’s work. She is drawn to nature and intrigued by the lines, shapes, shadows and marks on the land, both natural and man made. These form an integral part of her work process during its various stages.
Mahri studied with City and Guilds for 4 years completing a Diploma in Stitched Textiles in 2017. It suited her that the tutor was an Artist who encouraged her to push all boundaries in exploring and developing different techniques and media. Her work is produced using a variety of machines. Predominantly a Bernina 1008 mechanical workhorse, Bernina 830 computerised sewing machine and a Bernina Q24 Long Arm quilting machine.
Anne Marquiss, Jeweller
Anne graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 1992, where she studied Jewellery and 3D Design. Designing and making is her passion. Problem solving and physically constructing jewellery is endlessly satisfying for Anne and she is constantly challenge herself to develop her skills and concepts.
Anne has built her practice, using traditional jewellery techniques, working with silver, to create individual statement pieces. She textures the metal with hand drawn etching and hammering to develop pattern, which offers unique surfaces and details. The use of leather in her designs contrasts with the silver giving softness and colour.
Anne’s work is influenced by mid 20th Century design and architecture. The simplicity of forms, materials and clean lines of this period embody the solutions that she aims to create in her own work.
Anne wants her customers to feel empowered when they choose her jewellery. It is easy to wear, to look after and lasting in quality.
Nicola Chambury, Printmaker
Nicola studied printmaking at Grays School of Art and graduated in 2008. She has continued printmaking, mainly etchings. Nicola enjoys mark making and experimenting with etching techniques. She is interested in how we represent landscape in art, and how artists can engage with political and environmental aspects of landscape as well as aesthetic ones.
On 30th December 2015, Storm Frank caused the worst floods along the River Dee since the Muckle Spate of 1829. Many houses in Ballater were flooded. Mature trees transported miles down the river, and left in the middle of fields, testify to the depth and force of the flood.
On her daily walks in Crathes, lower down the river, Nicola documented the after effects. In places the bank or soil or turf had been stripped away and in others tons of sand and silt had been deposited. She was interested to see which wildflowers would return to this new river bank.
Alix Rothnie, Filmmaker
Alix Rothnie is an artist/curator based in Scotland, working predominantly on moving-image projects exploring landscape, people and place. Most recently, she was artist-in-residence with Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre (Isle of North Uist), working collaboratively with local communities in response to climate emergency on the island. Her video work has also been shown with Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Scottish Borders), Geumgang Nature Art Biennale (South Korea), Tate Modern (London), Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh) and La Valée (Brussels).