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SUMMARY:The Atkinson: Independents Biennial: Colourscape\, Carole Dawber
DESCRIPTION:Colourscape\, Carole Dawber\nThe Atkinson\, PR8 1DB\nDate(s): 
 29/07/2023 - 23/09/2023\n10:00 am - 4:00 pm\n\nCarole Dawber: Colourscape\
 n\n29th July – 23rd September 2023\n\nMonday – Saturday 10am – 4pm\n
 \nMulti-disciplinary artist\, Carole Dawber\, continues to break down the 
 barriers between craft and art by advocating a reciprocal rearrangement of
  traditional values.\n\nCarole has been a practising artist ever since gra
 duating from Liverpool College of Art in 1978 and was subsequently elected
  a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She has over 35 years experience a
 s a senior academic within the University sector and has exhibited at venu
 es in Britain\, France\, Italy and Finland.\n\nIn her new solo exhibition 
 – ‘colourscape’ – at The Atkinson in Southport\, Carole reinvents 
 her long-term love of the landscape of the North Sefton coastline by const
 ructing an abstracted narrative that captures the tones\, patterns\, shape
 s and textural details of the region.\n\nExperimentation and evolution rem
 ain important features of her process and the catalyst behind ‘coloursca
 pe’ came during recent lockdown excursions along the Sefton coastline.\n
 \nPlayed out against a backdrop of seasonal change\, the relentless interr
 uptions of the sea’s tidal rhythm\, the ebb and flow of crashing waves a
 nd the scratchy tumble of the tundra tossed by incoming winds\, continuall
 y challenged Carole’s interpretation.\n\nUnlike the horizontal rectangle
  adopted in traditional landscapes\, Carole prefers her own paintings to e
 xist within the symmetry of a square ratio. Although this often presents a
  compositional challenge\, the results are undoubtedly more impactful and 
 aesthetically pleasing.\n\nPreferring the versatility and vibrancy of acry
 lics rather than oils or watercolours\, Carole always establishes an under
 painting in monochrome to guarantee that the increase in size from prelimi
 nary sketchbook ideas still displays the same narrative and balance.\n\nSu
 bsequently\, Carole employed an associated narrative to further develop th
 e theme\, swapping to a needle and thread to compose a variety of expressi
 ve stitches in imitation of her painted brushstrokes.\n\nThe results skilf
 ully articulate her fascination with the tactile elements and sculptural f
 orms found in Nature and each final canvas became an attempt to subvert th
 e sweetness and sentimentality too often associated with traditional embro
 idery.\n\nCarole’s core fabrics were from recycled sources (mostly recla
 imed sari silk) providing a wide variety of silk qualities from lightweigh
 t habotai to iridescent dupions. Often purchased as ribbon hanks\, she sep
 arated and over dyed them before re-winding to create the myriad colour pa
 lette she later employed.\n\nBoth the painting and textile compositions wi
 ll be on show in the ‘colourscape’ exhibition at The Atkinson in South
 port from 29th July through to 23rd September 2023.\n\nAbout the artist:
  Carole Dawber
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