Alex Malcolmson

ALEX MALCOLMSON BOXWORKS & BIRDS From Saturday 2nd April 2011

Alex Malcolmson was born in Shetland in 1955 and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art. He worked in the northern isles for several years teaching, painting and exhibiting, and then moved back to Edinburgh to work as a curator before settling in North Yorkshire.

Most of the work created over the past ten years or so has been in the form of box constructions made mainly from wood; carved and painted, sometimes using found materials.

The slatted birds started with the idea of an upturned boat; a motif Alex has often used in other ways, drawing on the tradition of decoy making.

Sailing trips, most recently in Scandinavia, ship dioramas, objects associated with seafaring and nautical folk art provide a rich source of ideas for the work in this exhibition.

â€˜Ă˜resund’ Painted wood, collage.

Image size (cm): 22 x 27 x 2 Framed size (cm): 37 x 44 x 6

‘Berlin Studio’ Found material, carved and painted wood, metal.

Image size (cm): 27 x 23 x 4 Framed size (cm): 40 x 44 x 9

‘Slatted Diver’ Carved and painted wood.

Size (cm): 45 x 37 x 15

‘Continuation Northward’ Found material, wood, metal, collage.

Image size (cm): 43 x 24 x 6 Framed size (cm): 58 x 40 x 9 Below ‘Swan’ Carved and painted wood.

Size (cm): 100 x 65 x 30

‘Sea Trout’ Carved and painted wood.

Size (cm): 45 x 13 x 6 To view further examples of Alex Malcolmson’s boxworks and birds, please visit our website WWW.STJUDESGALLERY.CO.UK

‘Cromarty’ Found material, wood, metal, collage.

Image size (cm): 28 x 23 x 4 Framed size (cm): 44 x 38 x 7

‘Brancusi’s Studio’ Found material, carved and painted wood.

Image size (cm): 20 x 24 x 6 Framed size (cm): 36 x 42 x 9

‘Ship Spirit’ Carved and painted wood.

Size (cm): 30 x 50 x 27

Front cover ‘Hanging Diver’ Carved and painted wood Size (cm): 45 x 40 x 15 Back cover ‘Flying Diver with Fish’ Carved and painted wood Size (cm): 50 x 50 x 25 ‘St. Jude’s Sign’ Carved and painted wood, metal.

Size (cm): 56 x 67 x 9. Gallery commission.

WWW.STJUDESGALLERY.CO.UK