The art world here in the UK has a bit of a new trend, in the form of pop up art exhibition spaces, typically in old shops. Accross the Clyde from where we live there are two such spaces. They tend to get booked very quickly, so we booked some slots. Then we began to wonder…

Our son-in-law James makes ceramics ‘inspired’ by trauma following spending years as an oceanographer, watching the arctic icesheets melt. Meanwhile, our art and my poetry was constantly trying to explore themes of brokenness and earth connectedness. We started to wonder about a joint exhibition…

…but then we started to think bigger and invited some others to join us.

Jules Cadie with his landscape inspired paintings

Jenny Philips with her stunning playful portraits

Karen Komurcu with her beautiful linocuts

Raine Clarke with her printmaking and general creative magnificence.

Paul Knight with his creative explosion of ceramics, sculpture and ink drawings

Yvonne Lyon who is not content with being a singer-songwriter, so also makes stunning abstract art.

Here is the brief for the exhibition, based around a poem that some might recognise.

“Given what we know and what we fear about the end of things we hold dear, we will look to the birds. We will walk the woods that remain, and we will sing”

How do we respond to a world in omni-crisis in which our politics, our economics, our spirituality – even our protest movements  – all seem broken?

In a world polarised and splintered by algorithms, what does goodness look like? We know there are no easy answers to these questions.

Perhaps, like us, you are experiencing hope as a rare and hard to reach commodity.

In this context, we need our artists and our poets more than ever…

Launch evening

On Monday the 12th of May, we will be having a launch evening in the exhibition space. There will be live music and Poetry, not to mention the odd tipple. Watch social media for more details!

If you can join us, please do!