Entering the Dark | Paul Bloomer | January 2020 | Kilmorack Gallery

Paul Bloomer

Entering the Dark

Paul Bloomer

Entering the Dark

January 2020

Night Call | etching | 21cm x 15cm

Foreword What is a prophet? A person with special powers to express what God wishes to be heard? Maybe someone who has travelled to live a remote life dedicated to understanding natural powers? To me, these definitions describe Paul Bloomer, his journey from the industrial Black Country to Shetland and the great passion of his looking-glass art.

In 2018 Bloomer brought us his first set of a group of etchings: the Return of the Light. These describe events observed in the birds of Shetland - water song, wing song and healing place - stories told by nature to those who one listens. This year, in 2020, Bloomer brings to us ‘Entering the Darkness.’ The mood of Shetland wildlife has changed.There is migration and movement, agitation and a gathering of geese. Beasts, to Bloomer, listen to the moon and move together with love. Is there a better or more prophetic message for a new decade?

Tony Davidson, March 2020

Entering the Dark

Cries of sorrow and of joy Nourish our souls A rebirth of tears Alex Purbrick

etching | 21cm x 15cm

Whale Song When we silence the whales we silence ourselves For who will sing the songs of creation?

Alex Purbrick

etching | 21cm x 15cm

Gathering ‘We are one ‘ Alex Purbrick

etching | 21cm x 15cm

Migration

When light and dark become one Only love remains Alex Purbrick

etching | 21cm x 15cm

Journey

These geese travel as one led by moon and tide Paul Bloomer

etching | 21cm x 15cm

Night Flight Night wings cast an echo through time That earth trauma cannot silence Paul Bloomer

etching | 21cm x 15cm

Haegri

,What took you from those blackened pools youve spent lifetimes watching over as though you were looking for the image of some other world within your own ‘

Roseanne Watt etching | 21cm x 15cm

Snow Buntings

Fading winter sun heart beats sink below horizons snow buntings lift carrying light on their wings A promise of new life to come Paul Bloomer etching | 21cm x 15cm

‘You carry the light of the moon in your eye And the weight of the world in your feathers You know the oceans better than us ‘ Paul Bloomer

Little Auk | etching | 15cm x 25cm

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