Tide Line

5 July 2017 - 29 July 2017

Grace Girvan, originally from Orkney and former graduate from Edinburgh College of Art, presents her second solo exhibition at The Scottish Gallery – Tide Line. She currently works from her studio in Fife overlooking the Firth of Forth. It is however, the unique landscape of the Orkney Islands which is the main inspiration behind her work. She enjoys beachcombing and uses the objects that she unearths on her expeditions in her work, combining found objects with precious metal and enamel. Her work conveys the sun bleached colours of the sea and shore and is underpinned by a restrained colour palette of soft greys, blues, greens and browns.

Born: 1981
Place of Birth: Orkney

The unique landscape of the Orkney Islands provides inspiration for Grace Girvan’s work. She enjoys beach combing and uses the objects that she unearths on her expeditions in her work, combining found objects such as pebbles, driftwood and shell with precious metal and enamel. Her work is evocative of her inspiration, through a restrained colour palette of soft greys, blues, greens and browns she conveys the washed out, sun bleached colours of the sea and shore.

Public Collections include:

Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Aberdeen

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