Relative Abstraction brings together the work of three artists from one family – Russell Hatton, Kirsty Mackay and their daughter Megan Hatton – showcasing their individual styles alongside the creative connections that run between them. The exhibition opens on
Thursday 8 October from 6.00pm – 8.30pm, and all three artists will be joining us in the gallery throughout the evening. You may also have spotted Russell's work recently on BBC2's
The Big Deal with Steph McGovern. We were delighted to be featured in Episode 2, and Claire Goodchild and Aaron Morgans, the entrepreneurs who selected Russell's artwork on the programme, will also be joining us on the night. We would love you to join us for a glass of wine, meet the artists and be among the first to see a collection of brand-new work created especially for the exhibition. We are still awaiting several new works for the exhibition, so additional pieces will be added to the exhibition page nearer the opening. We will also be keeping a few pieces back to be unveiled for the first time on opening night.
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Russell Hatton creates bold, large-scale abstract works on aluminium, exploring the relationship between colour, light and surface. He works with high-performance automotive paints such as pearlescent, xyrallic and candy finishes, applying them with commercial spray guns before lacquering and polishing to achieve a striking reflective quality.
His process transforms industrial materials into artworks that shift and change with the light, offering the viewer different experiences depending on time of day and viewpoint. The result is a unique depth and movement that blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture.
Kirsty Mackay - With a degree in Fine Art / Printmaking Kirsty views herself primarily as a maker. She uses the process of painting to build shape and form but also allowing for the calculated element of chance spontaneity and flux. This results in a wealth of colour and pattern which although chaotic and consuming offers a new quiet discourse. Kirsty is influenced by Eva Hesse who obsessively worked with ephemeral materials hoping to find perfection and Georgia O`Keffe who painted the natural world encouraging meditative contemplation.
Megan Hatton - Megan creates her abstract landscapes with acrylic paint on canvas in an application that creates texture and depth. This is achieved through a long process of applying the paint to the canvas in a deliberate way to build up the texture. Colours are then added within the layers to achieve the required depth.
The images below will give you a flavour of the work from our featured artists but we will be adding more as it comes off their easels and also saving a few pieces to be revealed on the opening night.
