Deborah Stockdale: Resurface

Mezzanine Gallery, Artlink Fort Dunree

Resurface aims to revisit a theme that the artist worked extensively on during the years of 2000-2015, relating to microscopic images of plants. This was a series of a dozen or more fabric paintings on biological topics, some from microscopic views.

These paintings on fabric were embellished with embroidery and used a variety of mediums – textile paints, inks, crayons and resist areas. They explored natural objects in an intense, colourful focus.

For this exhibition, the artist returns to and expands on this theme with close-up details of organic structures, plants and forms. The exhibition includes pieces from 2000-2015 as well as a body of new work where the artist has revisited multi-media processes to explore the theme more deeply.