Stone Paper Ink

Val Jones & Richard Sunderland

This exhibition offers an insight into two artists’ exploration into the inner strata of the landscape. Light, stone, paint and paper offer the means to delve into personal interests in the diverse natural environment with visual responses: marks, stains, and surfaces that record changes bound only by our perception of the infinite horizon.

"I find myself moving further towards abstraction, moving from Dartmoor landscapes to harbours and seascapes, the result of an unconscious dialogue between my work and my surroundings and the influence of other artists, most notably David Blackburn."
Val Jones

"I paint in any medium but prefer oils and watercolours, dabble in printmaking and wax resist, and love to draw. Structure, tone, light and shadow basically rule; they motivate me and guide how I look at the urban and rural environment while trying to discover the legacy of a place. Recorded thoughts and ideas, whether historic, geographic or even scientific, permeate my work. My mixed media watercolours are like stains on walls, the recording of the evolving effects of time on the landscape.
The wilderness of Dartmoor and the streets of Plymouth have been shaped and are constantly being changed by social and economic forces, and the evidence of time, the regenerating and decay, motivate and inspire me. Scratching and staining through paper, board or canvas I discover qualities that connect to the fabric of a place, the light and dark, harmony and balance, the relationship the location has to the surrounding environment, whether natural or unnatural, pure or cracked, ancient or modern."
Richard Sunderland

Demonstration of printmaking techniques with Val Jones: 2 - 5 August
Demonstration of watercolour painting techniques with Richard Sunderland: 10 - 13 August

www.valjones.co.uk
www.richardsunderlandart.com

For more information visit http://www.harbourhouse.org.uk/g16-stonepaperink.shtml