Sam Cartman
At the End of the Road
Kilmorack's big March exhibition this year is a solo show of new work by Sam Cartman. He calls it 'At the End of the Road.' This is a place, often remote, that sticks in the mind. It is where man encroaches on nature (and nature on man) and where dreams are hatched (or come to an end.)
I first saw Cartman's work at the Nairn Art Show where he took first prize. Gerald Laing, who was on the selection committee, was enthusing about his work too. The little painting entered by Cartman glowed with sumptious paint work, an interesting abstracted composition and another rare indefinable quality. One of Cartman's techniques is his use of large and important areas of colour. These lift the painting up, giving it space, and are formed from great painterly marks. These larger areas remind me of the 'bigness' of nature, the sky and the land. There are also areas of more detailed marks; the bridges, roads and walls or another aspect of nature. They are subtle, like a dream that's hard to hold onto.
Cartman has lived and worked in Glasgow for over eight years, and has exhibited extensively since he graduated from Cumbria College of Art in 2001.
'At the End of the Road' previews on Friday 15th March and runs until the 13th April.
SAM CARTMAN
At the End of the Road
Kilmorack's big March exhibition this year is a solo show of new work by Sam Cartman. He calls it 'At the End of the Road.' This is a place, often remote, that sticks in the mind. It is where man encroaches on nature (and nature on man) and where dreams are hatched (or come to an end.)
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| Poltalloch 5 - oil on board - 54cm x 74cm |
I first saw Cartman's work at the Nairn Art Show where he took first prize. Gerald Laing, who was on the selection committee, was enthusing about his work too. The little painting entered by Cartman glowed with sumptious paint work, an interesting abstracted composition and another rare indefinable quality. One of Cartman's techniques is his use of large and important areas of colour. These lift the painting up, giving it space, and are formed from great painterly marks. These larger areas remind me of the 'bigness' of nature, the sky and the land. There are also areas of more detailed marks; the bridges, roads and walls or another aspect of nature. They are subtle, like a dream that's hard to hold onto.
Cartman has lived and worked in Glasgow for over eight years, and has exhibited extensively since he graduated from Cumbria College of Art in 2001.
'At the End of the Road' previews on Friday 15th March and runs until the 13th April.
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| Sam Cartman |
SAM CARTMAN
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