Catalogue for Scott's 10th solo exhibition at Morningside Gallery May 2023
SCOTT NA I SMI TH RECURS ION
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY
SCOTT NA I SMI TH RECURS ION
SOLO EXHIBITION 20.05.23 - 04.06.23
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY
INTRODUCTION May 2023
We are delighted to introduce our tenth solo show with Scott Naismith. This exhibition is called Recursion and it marks Scott’s continued and deepening interest in developing his work in a more abstract direction, bringing his understanding of particular meta concepts to light on the canvas. Over the years Scott’s work has developed from a more straightforward and representational approach to landscape painting in which the rugged coastlines and beautiful sunsets of Scotland have been shared with viewers on the canvas, to his more abstract approach now, which involves using the immediate subject of landscape to explore concepts such as recursion, which occur within it. Originally used as a programming concept, recursion refers to a process in which a pattern repeats itself on a smaller and smaller scale. We find this in nature in things like ferns, trees and coastlines, in which smaller elements make up larger elements that are all interconnected and which reveal the same, self-similar pattern on different scales. In Scott’s paintings we are invited to see the landscape in this way, with various elements and concepts recurring throughout his paintings on a variety of scales. There is the top to bottom vertical transition of light to dark, spiritual to corporeal, heaven to earth, simple to complex. In all of his work there is the sense that the micro is in the macro and vice versa, and that each small part of his painting can also be read visually to reveal the whole. These are fundamentally paintings of hope and light, and the sublime and awe inspiring experience of being a part of the natural world.
Eileadh Swan Gallery Director
Notes
All paintings are for sale and may be purchased or reserved prior to the exhibition opening. We kindly request that decisions on reserves are made by 5pm on Friday the 19th of May.
COLOUR FROM SEED Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £5,900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
CUILLINS RECURSION Oil on Linen | £7,900 Framed Size: 160 x 110 cm
HARRIS POTENTIAL Oil on Linen | £5900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
POINT OF SLEAT Oil on Linen | £11,500 Framed Size: 190 x 130 cm
COLOUR IN TRANSITION I Oil on Linen | £4,500 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm
COLOUR IN TRANSITION II Acrylic and Oil on Linen |£5,900 Framed Size: 160 x 60 cm
RECURSION STUDY I Oil on Linen | £1,200 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm
RECURSION STUDY II Oil on Linen | £1,200 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm
COLOUR IN TRANSITION III Oil and Acrylic on Canvas |£5,900 Framed Size: 160 x 60 cm
LIGHTING A PATH Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £5,900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
RECURSION I Oil on Linen | £5,900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
A HOPEFUL VISION I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1,850 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm
A HOPEFUL VISION II Oil and Acrylic on Canvas | £1,850 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm
EMBODIED SPIRIT Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4,900 Framed Size: 130 x 70 cm
RECURSION II Oil on Linen | £2,950 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm
VISION DEFINED I Oil on Linen | £2,950 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm
HEAVEN TO EARTH II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4,500 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm
GESTO FARM RECURSION Oil on Linen | £7,900 Framed Size: 160 x 110 cm
SPIRIT MANIFEST Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4,500 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm
FLUID RESONANCE IV Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £5,900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
ANIMATING SPIRIT I Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £2,250 Framed Size: 60 x 60 cm
ANIMATING SPIRIT II Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £4,500 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm
VISION AND REALITY Oil and Acrylic on Canvas | £4,500 Framed Size: 90 X 90 cm
HEBRIDEAN GLOW Oil on Linen | £4,500 Framed Size: 90 x 90 cm
VISION DEFINED II Oil on Linen | £2,950 Framed Size: 70 X 70 cm
VISION DEFINED III Oil on Linen | £2,950 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm
GRASPING POTENTIAL Oil on Linen | £5,900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
MEANING AND MATTER Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1,850 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm
AS ABOVE SO BELOW Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £1,850 Framed Size: 50 x 50 cm
LIFTING THE CORPOREAL Oil on Linen | £5,900 Framed Size: 110 x 110 cm
HEAVEN TO EARTH Oil and Acrylic on Linen | £2,950 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm
MATERIALISING MEANING Oil on Linen | £2,950 Framed Size: 70 x 70 cm
RECURSION STUDY III Oil on Linen | £1,200 Framed Size: 40 x 40 cm
MORNINGSIDE GALLERY 94 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4BY 0131 447 3041 art@morningsidegallery.co.uk www.morningsidegallery.co.uk
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