Venue 36 (Art in Shops)
Dook, 22 Joppa Road
Paintings concerned with the effects of pollution on coastal ecosystems and inspired by rock formations which record the damage and trauma of each period including our own.
This new series from Bevan Hunter is influenced by a concern for the effects of pollution on coastal ecosystems and how the new and increasing proliferation of manmade plastics that we can now find on our beaches is impacting on biodiversity and the fragile marine ecologies.
The paintings are created in response to research around the epic ancient geology of our coastlines, showing strata which formed millions of years ago. These rocks that have survived millennia record through their strata the damage and trauma of each period. Including the damage that we are now inflicting on our environment in such a short space of time.
Some of the paintings are inspired by Lewisian rocks which are up to 3,000 million years old, and are known to be the oldest rocks in Scotland. The series also include incredible rock formations that can be found locally along the East Lothian coast, rock faces, strata and rock pools.
Ursula Bevan Hunter’s principal area of research interest is in understanding how the expressive arts can improve mental health and wellbeing for individuals and communities in particular for people in later life, through engagement with multidisciplinary process-based art making.
Ursula has a BA Environmental Art degree from Glasgow School of Art and an MA in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art. She has worked in community arts engagement independently and with organisations in Scotland for over 25 years.
Contact: ursula@littleaxe.co.uk
Web: littleaxe.co.uk
