Marc Treanor

Main Gallery

Retrospective of work by
Elizabeth Cramp

Leinster Square

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Oriel Fach

Continuation of Elizabeth Cramp exhibition which includes a sketch design for the Fishguard Invasion tapestry. The final product is available to view at The Last Invasion Tapestry Gallery, the Town Hall, Fishguard, which is open during library hours Monday to Saturday, and where admission is free. The image below is just a small section of the final product.

Also in Oriel Fach: some of Elizabeth's sketch books, along with other examples of her diverse talents.

 

 

On the stairs

21 January to 25 February

 

I am a land artist with a love of the beach and the ocean. I live in Llansteffan on the River Towy estuary and create shapes and patterns on local beaches here and in Trebarwith Strand, North Cornwall, during low tide. These shapes are primarily geometric and are influenced by my fascination with crop circles and sacred geometry.

I use rope and sticks to form the outlines and then shade in the patterns by raking the sand. The process can take up to four hours and the resulting contrast between raked and unraked sand is what creates the image.

Llanstefan, 26 June 2011

Dear Father

Following on

Starboard

Torus

The process of creation is often deeply meditative but sometimes frenetic as there is always the incoming tide as a time frame. It is this certainty of absorption by the sea that gives the work its ephemeral nature, and it is this aspect that seems to resonate with the viewer on many levels. In the act of creation and destruction, the impermanence of everything is pointed to.

The orbs are formed by compressing sand between my palms until it is hard enough to hold its shape independently, and until again the tide or the wind destroys it. I like the idea of perfect geometrical shapes existing temporarily within a natural setting.

Forty-nine

Separation

The ‘rock people’ came from balancing stones amongst the rocks on the beach and using the sand orbs for their heads. There seems to be a point when balancing a stone on its end where it seats itself. A natural resting point where it will stay until moved. The addition of the sand heads creates an unnatural tipping point and often the stone will fall when the sand dries out and collapses. These ‘creatures’ were very popular on the beach as they seemed to contain a sense of character. I call them the rock people after hearing a young girl walking her dog and, approaching the scene unaware of my presence, exclaiming ‘The rock people have landed!’

The Rock People (Mother and Child)

The Rock People (The Nursery)

I am continuing to explore the beaches around Pembrokeshire and South West Wales for great viewing points and am planning large scale mandalas at Tenby, Skrinkle Haven and Mwnt in the coming weeks.

All prints are for sale:
Framed – £165 each
Unframed (mounted) – £65

Contact:
For any further information or interest, mtreanor19@gmail.com

More images can be seen on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/marktreanor19 or at www.sandcircles.co.uk