Alan Caine exhibition
An exhibition of recent works by Alan Caine will be hung at the Yarrow Gallery between Sunday 11 November to Saturday 9th December.
The gallery will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays.
Alan Caine writes:
"When I first saw this [Yarrow] gallery, it seemed a perfect setting for showing my work, with a large amount of hanging space on two floors: ordered, white and well-lit with a satisfying intimacy. The exhibition brings together paintings from the past five years when colour has been one of my preoccupations. Both landscape and pattern have been major themes.
Many of us experience landscape most intensely as we pass through it, often on foot. Shapes change as we move; colour next to colour produces huge variations as the days and the seasons pass. Although the traditional view from a single vantage point can be satisfying, there is much more to be said.
To me, the series of landscape-based works are 'realistic' - reflecting what I see and know. The large panels on the four seasons were begun in the early days of each season and developed as I focussed on colours and shapes during walks. Other images are based on travel notes and walks taken with the intention of holding on to specific sensations for a particular painting.
As the compositions develop, the 'tuning' of colour becomes the main task. Colour against colour must 'sing', have a life of its own. Each colour has to argue for its place and usually has to be changed to become part of the whole.
For the sake of colour, I found myself making carpet-like shapes and inventing patterns to hold strong colour. If they are successful, the impact of colour and pattern together create a sort of music with pitch, harmony, rhythm and dissonance. The 'carpet' itself only supports the action.