Using references from both the natural world and the realm of cosmology, Rachel Gibson RSW explores in drawing, painting, animation and bookworks the perception of natural world as an entity which seemingly exists on the edge, treading a delicate balance between creation and destruction, growth and loss.

These are worlds of fragmentation and change, structure and decay.Some are familiar, some beyond our human experience. Some are microplaces that appear both beautiful and threatening and some are the lost landscapes to be found within ourselves.

Sally is proud to situate herself as a traditional ceramic artist. Story and narrative are fundamental to the pieces she creates. Consequently, her work exists at the intersection of many influences. Her work is identifiable for its inherent hybridity, in terms of genre and technique – as well as more metaphysical aspects such as ideas and philosophies. Sally never wants to categorise or limit her work by pigeon-holing it, but revels in its multi-functional nature of both utilitarian vessel and ornate sculpture

I have lived and worked in Galloway for decades. I paint mainly in water based mediums in a loose, bold style influenced by a lifetime of observing our wonderful landscape, and also quirky still lifes. My work is semi abstract and not slavishly representative of a place.