Summer
is here with a brilliantly colourful exhibition of new work by Dumfries &
Galloway artist, Hazel Campbell at Designs Gallery, Castle Douglas.
Hazel
is well known for the bright colours she uses in her natural landscape and
still life paintings. As Hazel says, she can’t resist finding a reason to use
oranges and pinks as a starting point to her work.
This
exhibition is no exception, but for those who favour more subtle tones her
wintry landscapes with their warm, rich browns and sepia hints against inky
sketches, create a different mood.
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Blue
Flowers with Spotted Jug mixed media” – Hazel
Campbell
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In
a new departure, Hazel has spent the last year experimenting with collage and
mixed media. What started as a happy accident, the laying of a small linocut on
a discarded painting while tidying up her studio, has led to the development of
a whole new body of artwork. Black and
white lino prints of trees against block coloured landscapes are reminiscent of
the fairytale cut paper scenes created by artist Sue Blackwood.
Hazel
still paints with watercolour and gouache but says the freedom experimentation
brings is having a very positive effect on her work.
As
she says, “I have discovered the beauty of the Fleet Valley and have done much
preparatory work there. The blocks of forestry planting and tracing of dykes
lend themselves to lino printing. Weather permitting, I like to sketch and
paint in the open, the boot of the car will never look the same again!”
Hazel
attended classes with Archie Sutter Watt RSW for thirty years and paints and
runs summer schools from her farm studio in Galloway.
Exhibition runs from 12th July – 30th August at Designs
Gallery – opening times Mon-Sat 9.30-5pm.
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