new show: Abundance

201 Telephone Box Gallery, Strathkinness. 29th September - 17th November 2024.

Abundance is the culmination of 7 months' worth of weekly observational drawing from life by Kirsty Lockhart in the Strathkinness Community Gardens & Allotments. Since March, Kirsty has been visiting Strathkinness to document the progress of the community gardens and record the life and goodness she has observed growing there.

Struck by the generous abundance of the earth under the careful stewardship of the gardeners, Kirsty has filled seven sketchbooks with rhubarb, courgettes, gro-bags and flowers. She works as fast as possible in an attempt to capture the life that she sees growing in real time. 'The Bothy' has proved to be a subject which keeps 'drawing' her back, a central hub which safeguards shared tools and provides shelter from the elements.

Throughout this project Kirsty has been reminded of the opening lines of the book of Genesis "In the beginning, God created... And God saw that it was good." v12.