Liquid Light: Recent Works by Deborah Gourlay Artist in Residence 2011

29 November 2011 - 8 January 2012
(closed 24 December 2011 - 1 January 2012)
Showcase Gallery

Deborah Gourlay is fascinated by patterns and form and colour and light in the buildings around her. During her residency at Watts Gallery she has primarily sought inspiration from Watts Chapel and her recent work records the intimacy and atmosphere of the building and its surroundings. As well as providing a sanctuary, the Chapel is a work of art and Deborah presents its exuberant decoration afresh by layering translucent and opaque colours experimentally in drawings, collaged etchings, photography and 3-D work. The walls of the historic buildings that she records seem saturated with the past and yet the shafts of light and fleeting shadows evoke the elusiveness of time.

Deborah’s images invite us to experience tangible spaces sensationally, not literally, as if we were dreaming, or as if they were part of a distant memory.