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.
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