Matthew Draper is a master of capturing light. Or the lack of it. In Light & Air he eloquently portrays transient moments between day and night and between squalls and sunshine in expansive pastel landscapes of the Highlands. He continues to push the boundaries of his chosen medium, honing a technique which involves crushing, mixing and sanding back layers of pure colour on the paper in a process which is both delicate and gestural. Draper has also applied these new techniques to a dramatic series of Edinburgh cityscapes, recorded from his kitchen window during winter in lockdown.
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Light and Air View details
Matthew Draper
Light and Air
2021pastel on paperH:94cm W:125cm£7,750Bathed in Light Oronsay and Carna View detailsMatthew Draper
Bathed in Light Oronsay and Carna
2020pastel on paperH:93cm W:154.5cmSoldMorning Light, Kilchoan Bay View detailsMatthew Draper
Morning Light, Kilchoan Bay
2020pastel on paperH:76cm W:106cm£5,850Illuminated, A View of Loch Sunart View detailsMatthew Draper
Illuminated, A View of Loch Sunart
2021pastel on paperH:108cm W:162cmSoldAcross Kilchoan Bay With The Headlands of Morven View detailsMatthew Draper
Across Kilchoan Bay With The Headlands of Morven
2020pastel on paperH:60cm W:125cm£5,850And The Deluge Begins View detailsMatthew Draper
And The Deluge Begins
2020pastel on paperH:24cm W:31.5cm£1,500Rays and Rain, The Sound of Mull Part I View detailsMatthew Draper
Rays and Rain, The Sound of Mull Part I
2021pastel on paperH:25cm W:35cm£1,500Rays and Rain, The Sound of Mull Part II View detailsMatthew Draper
Rays and Rain, The Sound of Mull Part II
2021pastel on paperH:25cm W:35cm£1,500Emerge From Rasaay to the Cuillin Hills View detailsMatthew Draper
Emerge From Rasaay to the Cuillin Hills
2021pastel on paperH:91cm W:156cm£9,250Loading
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