Hobie Porter, Mountain Shadow, oil on polyester canvas, 120 x 207 cm (framed).

The virtuosic landscapes of Hobie Porter explore the fraught and fractured relationship between modern civilisation and the natural environment. Rendered with microscopically detailed trompe l’oeil, the paintings conjure the notion of environmental catharsis and transformation while, paradoxically, questioning the concept of sustainability and humanity’s intoxication by our own consumption. While exploring anthropogenic notions of loss and neglect, Porter’s paintings also poetically point towards transcendence and redemption.

Mountain Shadow continues Porter’s masterful depiction of landscape. Using a drone to view inaccessible areas of Tweed Valley, Porter contemplates what it means to belong to a place, and the mysteries that settle beneath the surface.

Opening night: 14 November 2024, 6-8pm