A NEW exhibition of pen and ink drawings at Black Swan Arts explores nature and the universe.
The exhibition, ‘A Duet of Lines’, opens this week and runs until 3rd April. It features Guy Watts and Daniel McGirr, who both specialise in producing meticulous drawings. However, there is a huge difference in the scale of their mark-making.
Black Swan Arts say, “Frome artist Guy Watts works at a tiny scale. Each drawing is composed of hundreds of fine pen marks, which build up to create detailed images that are both dreamy and complex. His desire to draw was triggered at the age of 27 with the sudden clarity of vision that came when he acquired his first pair of glasses. Guy’s precise drawings can take two or three months to complete.
“Bristol-based Daniel McGirr works at a much larger scale, although he makes marks of corresponding subtlety and accuracy. His abstract drawings are inspired by the natural and manmade world, although he focuses on the process of creation as opposed to overall subject matter and theme.
“The end result is organic forms and patterns using a form of mark-making that utilises precise edges and angles. Daniel endeavours to challenge people’s perceptions of art and what can be achieved through painstaking detail.
“Both artists bring a degree of obsessiveness to their practice – for example, not allowing certain lines to touch one another or simply being willing to reproduce repeating lines hundreds of times in one drawing. This helps to give their artwork a three-dimensional quality.
“The preview will take place on Friday 4 March from 6–8pm – everyone is welcome to attend.”
For further information, please visit www.blackswanarts.org.uk.
Picture left: Sigil by Daniel McGirr. Picture above: Expanding Horizons by Guy Watts.
