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Catherine Sargeant SSA 13 July – 13 August 2022

DOUBTFIRE contemporary art

word is...

Catherine Sargeant SSA Catherine Sargeant is a visual artist based in Scotland who uses text in her artworks. She finds words have an inherent beauty and is fascinated by the way we are saturated with text and communication in every aspect of our lives. Catherine aims to take this and create pieces that will simultaneously calm and intrigue the viewer. She uses various forms of printmaking often combining techniques within the one edition.

Word is…. contains a selection of artworks in paint and print created over the past decade.

Catherine comments: “So many words, so many ways to create. I collect words from various sources: individual favourite words, quotes from the great and good, dictionary definitions, the list goes on. I also have a great love of the ampersand in its various fonts.

On some works I’ve used a form of erasure/blackout poetry to alter the original text, often in collaboration with contemporary creative friends - writers, poets, musicians. Adding yet more layers to my work, both literally and metaphorically.”

Becoming more painterly in recent years, her latest work combines automatic and asemic writing, leaving an impression of abstracted words that allow the viewer to interpret, in the way one would deduce meaning from abstract art.

Graduating in 2007 from Edinburgh College of Art with a 1st class BA in Drawing and Painting, she has won several awards since and has work in a number of institutions, exhibiting regularly in both group and solo shows. Along with her art practice, Catherine is a tutor at Leith School of Art.

Meet the artist Catherine will be in the gallery on Saturday 16 July between 2pm and 4pm.

Works are for sale on receipt of this brochure.

NB. All images are representative only for display and marketing purposes and are not to scale or size.

Exhibition content, with prices and dimensions of work, can be viewed at www.doubtfiregallery.com Further enquiries to art@doubtfiregallery.com images: front cover sea circles, all gloss, oil & graphite on plywood, 17cm dia. left Catherine in her studio

images: left bring on the diamonds, screenprint on 280gsm somerset velvet, 38 x 48cm above eavesdrop, oil on mountboard, 25 x 29cm

red web, oil on arches huile, 21 x 37cm

reddest, oil on arches huile, 21 x 37cm

images: above top l-r ampersands: american typewriter; cochrin B1; farsi; hoefler, all oil & acrylic, 21 x 15cm above l-r clockwise resins: moment, acrylic on plywood with resin, 15 x 15cm; social middleclass, v/e screenprint on paper on wooden board with resin, 15 x 21cm; tumble, oil & acrylic on wood with resin, 21 x 15cm; orrizonte, v/e screenprint on paper on wooden board with resin, 21 x 15cm

images: above top scottish cuisine, acrylic on paper, 38 x 38cm above family matters, acrylic on paper, 38 x 38cm overleaf cascade, oil & acrylic on mountboard, 15 x 21cm

“ so many words . . . so many ways to create . . .”

above & everywhere, blind embossing & debossing with relief on somerset satin, 38 x 28cm

DOUBTFIRE contemporary art 28 North West Circus Place, Edinburgh EH3 6TP Tel 07902 307147 email art@doubtfiregallery.com www.doubtfiregallery.com Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday 12 – 4pm Where possible, we are happy to make an appointment outwith these hours.

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