Artist Gallery
- At Suffolk School of Art we are alwalys looking to improve our facilities for the students.
- We are currently taking on a new Sculpting Studio on our current site.
- This expansion will create a new and exciting 3D Studio and Exhibition space.
- Although this is a busy time for us we plan to open the new Art Materials Shop early 2025
- Why not come to see for yourself?
Coastal Erosion: Global Warming: Fragile Earth:
A Series of Paintings by John Parker & Kamal Ivory
Coastal Erosion:
Ki Uta Ki Tai
from a Maori principle that translates “from the mountains to the sea”
121.5 x 183.0 x 5 cm: 29.7 kg.
The climate is changing, temperatures are increasing and sea levels are rising. Our planet is being subjected to more winds, storms and floods. Our artwork has been prompted by locally witnessing such dramatic coastal erosion that it appears as if all of Norfolk is heading out to sea.
To depict the erosion of land by sea we first created a ‘cliff’ surface using thick application of chalk mixed with gesso with incorporated hessian and other materials for texture. Multiple transparent coloured glazes were applied after which the surface was damaged by burning and gouging to create ledges, scars and troughs in which dark ink was poured to create a weeping landscape reminiscent of an eroding coastline.
The artwork that emerged is special to us because it expresses our sorrow at preventable damage to our fragile earth and we believe the image is powerful enough to convey that anxiety to viewers of this piece. The work showcases our desire to reflect a tragic realism through expressive abstraction.
Global Warming:
Kulaylka Caalamiga Ah
146 x 146 x 5 cm: 21.4 kg
Unusually intense rains in Somalia, Chad, Syria and many other countries have been attributed to global warming. Aside from hundreds of people losing their lives and more than a million being displaced, precious soils have been washed away. In turn, the inability to grow crops has led to famine.
These events have inspired this artwork where the ferocity of rainfall and apocalyptic flooding have been implied through bold splashes of oil paints, chalk in gesso, inks and coarse hessian attached to the canvas. Multiple transparent glazes have been applied to embed added material into the artwork.
In creating this piece we wanted to show the devastation caused by global warming, the sheer power of water and helplessness in the face of such a deluge. In terms of our artistic work as a whole it is a large bold piece that we believe to be confident in its narrative.
Fragile Earth:
Dhulka Jiicsan
122.9 x 152.5 x 5.0 cm: 30.7 kg
The Himalayan mountain region bordering India is an enormous repository of biodiversity that is under serious pressure from climate change. Adverse and excessive human activity is compromising not only India but also the wider world. Additionally, India’s long coastline which provides natural resources that millions of people depend on is also threatened.
The Hindu faith believes in protecting Mother Earth. We wanted to support this proponent by creating an artwork that showed Her crying out for protection and restoration.
This artwork is important to us because it was during its creation that we understood the true depth of our anguish at the empty rhetoric emanating from the international environmental community and its inability to develop effective climate policies. We believe that this large, assured piece of art stresses the need to care for our planet and predicts an impending ecological disaster due through climate crisis.
