Gallery Exhibition: Edgelands - the landscape of margins
Edgelands - the landscape of margins: an exhibition of paintings, cards and prints by Sheena McCurrach at WWT Caerlaverock from 1st March - 30th April
Sheena has lived and worked in Galloway for many years and has played an active role in the Arts for much of her adult life. She also writes about the landscape that surrounds her.
The theme of this exhibition is ‘Edgelands’, the places that transition between one kind of terrain and another; headlands, reedbeds at the water’s edge, hedgerows that divide field from garden, ancient dykes that mark where meadow becomes moorland, woodland paths, sea and estuary shores.
‘Edgelands provide endless inspiration to me as an artist and writer, and are often habitats rich in wildlife. They are places of endless fascination to me. I grew up by the sea and am continually drawn back to it, as to the wilder places where wildflowers grow. The best blackberries can be found along dykes where lizards and butterflies warm themselves in the sunshine. Here, too, birds and small mammals live and forage for food. The shores are constantly shifting, are places to linger and experience the light and the wind, the rushing tide and the wind-blown thorn trees that lean inland. I search for driftwood amongst the detritus cast up on the spring tides. ‘Edgelands’ is offered as a response to years of wandering, watching and living on the edge of things.’
The exhibition is free to visit in our gallery in the visitor centre, open 10am - 5pm daily.
