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Adam Scarth I wish I knew how to talk through time

“It is very rare that grief expresses itself as beautifully as it has in Adam’s work. The paintings seem serene and contemplative; then their titles reveal a far deeper emotional resonance, inviting the viewer to experience it in a profoundly different way. Introducing these remarkable works to the world has been a great privilege and a huge honour.” Georgia Stoneman, Co-Founder of Stoneman Collins

Adam Scarth I wish I knew how to talk through time

PRIVATE VIEW Thursday 8 October 2026 6–8pm | Invitation only

EXHIBITION 9–12 October 2026 Greatorex, 10 Greatorex Street, London, E1 5NF Exhibition hours 11am–6pm daily

Front cover: Detail from We are dancing to the band, even though you are no longer here, 2026

The show ‘I wish I knew how to talk through time’ evolved in a direct response to the grief of the loss of my mother and concurrent process of my partner and I conceiving our first child. This work is a very visceral response to grief, joy and love and where they intertwine, a layering of the contradictions in which these emotions become present in one another and can no longer exist separately any more. Having come from a very literal practice in film, painting has allowed a space of exploration and limitlessness other mediums have not allowed. For me the paintings live in a space between abstraction and impressionism. They are a meeting point, where the memory of a place and the reality of a place coincide - the reflections that emotions, place and time have on one another, where reality becomes memory. The practice and process has evolved out of itself, each painting starting from a forced lack of intent, working directly on to canvas pinned to a wall, the size only determined after a moment of stillness and reflection, the initial colour and brush marks applied at pace, a simple response to instinct and feeling. Through these marks, memories and landscapes begin to appear and words begin to find themselves making an attachment. Each painting is then worked into over time, scratched back and re-painted, the final painting not resembling the initial marks but in response to them and the words applied above them. They are worked on until they can stand in their own clarity. Adam Scarth

Opposite: Detail from We are dancing to the band, even though you are no longer here, 2026

Listening for you while surrounded by silence, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas Diptych: 2 x 65 x 107 cm Framed as one piece: 130 x 107 cm £ 7,500 inc. VAT

Sitting next to you trying not to forget your face, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 87 x 45 cm £ 2,950 inc. VAT

Holding onto a idea that cant be, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 39 x 58 cm £ 2,500 inc. VAT

The ﬁrst sound of you, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 172 x 110 cm £ 7,950 inc. VAT

Can this land mean so much, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 54 x 42cm Not for sale

The rain feels diﬀerent now, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 110 x 79 cm £ 4,500 inc. VAT

The Memory of a future where you would have held him on a warm summers day, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 104 x 146 cm £ 7,500 inc. VAT

A vision transformed, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 43 x 77 cm £ 2,950 inc. VAT

The Shape of leaving at four in the morning in September, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 43 x 73 cm £ 2,950 inc. VAT

What are you looking for, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 54 x 66 cm £ 3,250 inc. VAT

We are dancing to the band, even though you are no longer here, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 108 x 138 cm £ 7,500 inc. VAT

Lying on the kitchen ﬂoor - till you came and saved me, 2025 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 53 x 68 cm £ 3,250 inc. VAT

Two people sat by a lake thinking of a potential future, 2025 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 39 x 75 cm £ 2,750 inc. VAT

Walking on the marshes at dusk with love, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 73 x 52 cm £ 3,500 inc. VAT | SOLD

It's raining outside while you are growing inside, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 108 x 72 cm £ 4,500 inc. VAT

Sinking into wonder - where the grass grows over, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 65 x 145 cm £ 4,500 inc. VAT | SOLD

Dreaming of Spring at the Start of winter, 2025 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 97 x 72 cm £ 4,250 inc. VAT

I have to believe they will know you, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 108 x 190 cm £ 7,950 inc. VAT

A stream from the past, 2025 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 39 x 76 cm £ 2,750 inc. VAT

A sense of Regret, 2025 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 52 x 78 cm £ 3,500 inc. VAT

Standing still, knowing the mother you will be, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 132 x 59 cm £ 4,750 inc. VAT

Test 1, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 33 x 24 cm £ 500

Test 2, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 28 x 39 cm £ 500

Test 4, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 28 x 35 cm £ 500

Test 5, 2026 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 35 x 28 cm £ 500

Test 6, 2025 oil paint, oil stick, charcoal on canvas 38 x 28 cm £ 500

Adam Scarth grew up in the rural countryside of Northumberland. A fascination with the changeability and beauty of the natural landscape was part of his life from an early age and he spent time photographing and dark room printing the landscapes around him, learning from his Grandmother who was a photographer in Germany during the War. Adam then went on to study film production at the Arts Institute Bournemouth, graduating in 2007, beginning his early career as a camera assistant. By his mid 20’s he was working as a documentary cameraman and stills photographer for charities that supported people in places hit by conflict and natural disaster such as Gaza, Egypt, Mali, Kosovo, Niger, Indonesia & Pakistan. For the past 15 years Adam has been working as a Cinematographer across Film, TV, Music videos and commercials with works such as ‘Mary and George’ starring Julianne Moore, ‘Under Salt Marsh’ starring Kelly Riley. ‘Starve Acre’ starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, BAFTA nominated film ‘Apostasy’ and ‘Rialto’ which premiered in Competition at the Venice Film Festival 2019. Scarth is a 2026 BAFTA Cymru nominee for Photography & Lighting Fiction for Under Salt Marsh. Adam’s move into painting has grown over the course of the last 5 years, evolving from more figurative charcoal and pastel works into the semi abstractions that he is currently working in. Through his paintings Adam draws on his knowledge and years of experience and creative practice in the fundamentals of light and colour that his photographic grounding gives him, while freeing himself from its technical constraints and limitations of expression.

Adam Scarth I wish I knew how to talk through time EXHIBITION 9–12 October 2026 Greatorex, 10 Greatorex Street, London, E1 5NF Exhibition hours | 11am–6pm daily For enquires please contact: bella@stonemancollins.com | 07866 566 107

HOW TO GET THERE Aldgate East 4-6 minute walk (486 metres)via Greatorex Street

GREATOREX

Whitechapel 7 minute walk (524 metres) via Whitechapel Road

Shoreditch High Street 10 minute walk (0.7 miles) via Brick Lane

OTHER TRANSPORT Buses 25, 205, 254 - nearby stops (Commercial Street/ Whitechapel Road) Cycle Parking On-street cycle stands nearby Santander Cycles - Altab Ali Park

Stoneman Collins was founded in April 2025 by art advisors Georgia Stoneman and Lizzie Collins. Stoneman Collins specialises in forming art collections in major build and renovation projects across sectors to deliver a world class visual experience. Georgia and Lizzie bring a meticulous eye together with their 40 years combined art world experience as gallerists and art advisors and wide network of contacts to offer a seamless, high-level service. stonemancollins.com