SIMON MORRIS

Simon Morris brings a fresh material approach to his new exhibition, I watch the falling light, working on tall timber panels - coated with yellow ochre, sienna, umber, Naples yellow - muted colours often associated with the ground and sky. The palette is drawn from the artist’s recent experiences of walking in natural environments and looking toward the horizon. These processes of walking, watching, and working demonstrate Morris’ interest in self-awareness: a feeling of consciousness arising from a walk in the wilderness as much as from the slow, reflective act of painting. As we find ourselves tracing the slow retreat of Summer - visible in the ever-shifting colour and appearance of our surroundings - Morris foregrounds this experience in his work. The new monochrome wood panels are complemented by meditative, time-intensive wall paintings which create harmonies and resonances across gallery walls. Similarly, the viewer is invited to watch the falling light shimmer across these surfaces, to slow down and take time.