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The Wood Between the Worlds
Flora McLachlan, 23 January - 20 February 2021

The Wood Between the Worlds: Flora McLachlan

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Flora McLachlan, Bonegate, 2020
Flora McLachlan, Bonegate, 2020

Sarah Wiseman Gallery is delighted to present 'The Wood Between the Worlds' a new solo exhibition from the acclaimed artist Flora McLachlan RE. Flora is best known for her printmaking which is inspired by her observation of landscape. She reads the forests and hills that surround her as a familiar and beloved place but also an ancient and unchanged world 'roamed by guardian spirit-like animals, shadowed by woods where the holly springs green amongst the bare oaks and beeches.'  Her work is distinctive by its dark, smudgy textures, illuminated by a floating moon or glimpse of a unicorn. 

In her solo exhibition, visitors can expect to see a new body of work, partly inspired by her recent MA, a portion of which was completed during lockdown. During this time, Flora experimented in etching techniques and with her painting and drawing, informing an expressive development in her work.  She explores the forest metaphor more deeply, wandering into the unknown, where we encounter her visions of fairy tale characters, put to work at a spinning wheel or cutting wheat:

Flora says, 'I'm interested in fairy tale tasks - spinning straw into gold, weaving shirts from nettle-flax in silence, as metaphors for the making of art, in magical terms. I made a series of etchings in early 2020 in which I used a very free-flowing painterly ground to resist the acid, so that I could scry into the drifting marks. '

'These peopled landscapes contained the stuff of dreams and yearning, archetypal stories of the past, folk tales, and my own self; all this took part in a journey through the unconscious, when no physical journeying was possible.'

'This inward/outward quest into the imagination had a literary image - the 'Wood between the Worlds', that green and fertile nexus of place and time from The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis.'

 

  • Listen to the Wisegal Podcast with Flora McLachlan
  • View an exhibition tour of 'The Wood Between the Worlds'
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Works
  • Flora McLachlan, Bonegate, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Bonegate, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Burning Tree, Cold Forest, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Burning Tree, Cold Forest, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Deeper Into the Forest, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, Deeper Into the Forest, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, Fairy Tale, 4 etchings: Arrive, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Fairy Tale, 4 etchings: Arrive, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Fairy Tale, 4 Etchings: Confront, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Fairy Tale, 4 Etchings: Confront, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Fairy Tale, 4 Etchings: Escape, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Fairy Tale, 4 Etchings: Escape, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Fairy tale, 4 Etchings: Journey, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Fairy tale, 4 Etchings: Journey, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Farther Up and Further In, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, Farther Up and Further In, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, Forest Transformation, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Forest Transformation, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Hawking, 2021
    Flora McLachlan, Hawking, 2021
  • Flora McLachlan, Hearthfires, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, Hearthfires, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, I Dreamt I Was Back In Her Garden, 2021
    Flora McLachlan, I Dreamt I Was Back In Her Garden, 2021
  • Flora McLachlan, In The Grove, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, In The Grove, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Into The Forest: The Witch's Hut , 2019
    Flora McLachlan, Into The Forest: The Witch's Hut , 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, Into The Wild, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Into The Wild, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Kindling, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Kindling, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Kindling (Study), 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Kindling (Study), 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Mandrake, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Mandrake, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Mythos, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Mythos, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Nettles By Moonlight, 2021
    Flora McLachlan, Nettles By Moonlight, 2021
  • Flora McLachlan, Nixie, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Nixie, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Out of The Garden, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Out of The Garden, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Rituals, 2021
    Flora McLachlan, Rituals, 2021
  • Flora McLachlan, Shapeshifters, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Shapeshifters, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Sleeping Under The Ympe-Tree, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, Sleeping Under The Ympe-Tree, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, Spells, 2021
    Flora McLachlan, Spells, 2021
  • Flora McLachlan, Spirit Travels, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Spirit Travels, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Studio Window, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, Studio Window, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, The Artist Reclining (After Chagall), 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Artist Reclining (After Chagall), 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Bone Gate, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Bone Gate, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Burning Tree, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Burning Tree, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Forest Enclosed, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, The Forest Enclosed, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, The Forest Enclosed II, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, The Forest Enclosed II, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, The Goat Girl, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Goat Girl, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Goose Girl, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Goose Girl, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Green Chapel, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Green Chapel, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Perilous Chapel, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Perilous Chapel, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, The Task, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, The Task, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, To Go In, 2019
    Flora McLachlan, To Go In, 2019
  • Flora McLachlan, Underworld, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Underworld, 2020
  • Flora McLachlan, Wildernesse, 2020
    Flora McLachlan, Wildernesse, 2020
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News
  • Flora McLachlan at the Royal Academy

    Flora McLachlan at the Royal Academy

    See 'Shapeshifters' from 22nd September Read more
  • The Wisegal Podcast | Episode 4

    The Wisegal Podcast | Episode 4

    Flora McLachlan | The Wood Between The Worlds Read more
Video

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  • Flora McLachlan oil on linen painting of a woman stands among tall plants at night with a candle in her hand and moths gathering around her.

    Flora McLachlan

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