Alasdair Lindsay & Sharon Griffin
21 June – 20 July 2024
Alasdair Lindsay
Jubilee Pool Penzance Rough Sea
acrylic on board
50 x 50cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Morning Swim, Penzance
acrylic on canvas
152 x 183cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Pool House
acrylic on board
31 x 61cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Pool House LA
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Rockpools and Jubilee Pool Sunset
acrylic on board
30 x 60cm £1250
Alasdair Lindsay
Sea Pool with Surf
acrylic on board
40 x 40cm £1050
Alasdair Lindsay
St Agnes Pool, Scilly
acrylic on board
30 x 35cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Summer Evening Penzance
acrylic on board
42 x 42cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Sun on Jubilee Pool
acrylic on board
20 x 40cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Tidal Pool, Portreath
acrylic on board
30 x 60cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Training Session
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Wylie’s Baths, New South Wales
acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cn £2200
Alasdair Lindsay
Rockpool Swimmers at Sunset
acrylic on board
40 x 40cm £950
Alasdair Lindsay
Sea Swimmers Penzance
acrylic on canvas
80 x 80cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Bude Sea Pool Swimmers and Surfers
acrylic on canvas
80 x 80cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Gourock Sea Pool
acrylic on canvas
60 x 80cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Icebergs Pool, Bondi Beach
acrylic on canvas
80 x 80cm £2600
Alasdair Lindsay
Piscina das Mares, Portugal
acrylic on canvas
60 x 60cm £1650
Alasdair Lindsay
Pool House at Sunset, LA
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Island Lighthouse, Late Sun
acrylic on board
28 x 50cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Small Harbour with Sea Pool
acrylic on board
61 x 52cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Mousehole Rockpool
acrylic on board
50 x 40cm
Alasdair Lindsay
Swimmers at Bude Sea Pool
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm
Sharon Griffin
Faun 1
stoneware
18 x 16 x 10cm
Sharon Griffin
Faun 2
stoneware
18 x 16 x 10cm
Sharon Griffin
Miniatures
stoneware
10 - 12cm high
Sharon Griffin
Self 2
stoneware
42 x 32 x 20cm
Sharon Griffin
Self 4
stoneware
42 x 32 x 20cm
Sharon Griffin
Self 5
stoneware
42 x 32 x 20cm
Sharon Griffin
Faun with Gold Ears
stoneware
59 x 30 x 17cm
Sharon Griffin
Warrior
stoneware
57 x 34 x 35cm £1995
Sharon Griffin
Mother
stoneware
38 x 30 x 27cm £1400
Sharon Griffin
Broken Man
stoneware
43 x 42 x 25cm £1800
Sharon Griffin
EFT
stoneware
31 x 26 x 15cm £870
Sharon Griffin
Shadow
stoneware
32 x 25 x 15cm £780
Sharon Griffin
Chocolatey Faun
stoneware
45cm high
Sharon Griffin
Long Eared Faun
stoneware
45cm high
Sharon Griffin
Tall Grey Faun
stoneware
69cm high
Alasdair Lindsay | Pools | a solo exhibition of paintings accompanied by Sharon Griffin sculptures at Cornwall Contemporary
“For this collection of paintings I have been studying sea pools, lidos and swimming pools. A subject I have been interested in for some time, but this is my first dedicated show.
Each sea pool has a very proud and dedicated community, of all generations, for whom the pool is part of their daily lives. They are special places, both emotionally and physically. As an artist I am drawn to the seaside architecture, the clean lines, modernist white walls and curves, and when seen from above, the contrast of this to the rocky sea bed. There is a tense element of man versus nature in some of the constructions; are the walls strong enough to hold off the power of the sea?
Not always, and it is common in some pools to have surf crashing over. Whether they are sea swimmers or pool swimmers, there is a strong and almost addictive bond to being in and around the water. That’s what brought me down to Cornwall nearly 25 years ago and I still feel the need to be in or around the sea daily.”
Sharon Griffin is a figurative artist who specialises in ceramic sculpture directly inspired by the landscape and the woodland in particular, where she often explores places to ‘breathe’.
Sharon is a Selected Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS) and a Selected Member of the Craft Potters Association (CPA). She has a degree and an MA in Ceramics from the University of Wolverhampton 1997 and 2003 and has exhibited extensively including Ceramic Art London.
Using clay as her sculptural medium, preliminary sketches and drawings from life inform the work, helping ideas evolve and come to life. Once in the workshop, when the clay is being worked with directly, the sculpture is allowed to reveal itself: a conversation with clay.
Oxides, slips and glazes are worked into the surface of the clay, creating textured, multi-layered works of art which evoke character and energy. Her in depth understanding of the material merges traditional sculpting techniques with a contemporary approach to create sculptures full of movement, gesture, meaning and which capture the essence of humankind.
