Good Hope
‘The Good Hope series had been born of this necessity to work fast, in smaller portable formats and above all in strong light. It gave me a new creative freedom to work in this way and I feel this has been borne out in the vibrant body of work that I am showing at the Connolly gallery. A testament to the strength, colour and joy of the Africa I have come to love.'
— Graeme Black
Trunk Show III
‘When you take away colour, you have to create form in a different way. Black and white intensifies form, and the way light and dark play out across the trunks. You see much more clearly how they differentiate between one another. That no tree trunk is the same.’
— Graeme Black
Bark - From the Soul of Nature
Few experiences are more spirit-lifting than standing in a forest. Tip your head back and the trees soar into arches. Through the fine tracery of their twigs and branches streams a gauzy, otherworldly light. At ground level, the air is cool and still, saturated with the centuries.
— Graeme Black