30 May to 18 July, 2026
Maquettes, sculptures and dioramas by Kevin Downie. Kevin is a mixed-media abstract expressionist who takes inspiration from his emotional and intellectual responses to the journeys he has undertaken. Many years may pass before (for some unexplainable reason) a compulsive idea pops into his head, and he translates a journey into a painting, sculpture, assemblage, small maquettes, or other curiosity.
These works are highly experimental and follow the flow of inspiration as it occurs. What is it that leaves an indelible impression and emotional response to a journey’s experience (both physical and emotional)? Quite often, it is not necessarily the initial aesthetic ‘niceness’, curiosity, or cultural response, or exposure to a different place that pleases (or puzzles). A memory can form and triggers a reflection that is abstract in its presentation and that may translate to an aerial view, the tumult of a city, a busy port, of sea lanes or of instant changes in the landscape aesthetic. The application of curiosity is vital to our existence and should never be taken lightly but acted on without embarrassment or too much censor.
The on-canvas assemblages, small Marquette sculptures and dioramas are reflections of the aesthetic uniqueness of shapes, colour, emotional responses to overwhelming visual stimulation of memory, as are the aerial views of the ocean viewed from a plane and of the landscape travelled by road.
