On view 6 February — 1 march at ANCA Gallery:

Steve Roper:
Watson Inner Space Project

Critical dates:
EXHIBITION OPENING: 6 february 6-8pm
ON VIEW: 6 february—1 march
Gallery HOurs: fri—sun 11-4pm

An exhibition of drawings and paintings on paper, canvas and clay exploring abstract spaces and moods by Steve Roper, largely made in his studio in Dickson, and developed from sketching at home in Watson.

The initial sketches are like a seed rather than a blueprint. The new works have to keep growing. “I tend to sketch in lead pencil, but I have come to realise to value in using colour as well” the artist says.

Atmospheric space and subconscious drawing have interested him since art school, but have become much more significant elements in his work in the last couple of decades.

The exhibition al so features ceramic works. After starting in clay as way to sculpt, he soon found it a fabulous material to draw on, or in. Whether wet, dry or in-between, he found it an enormously engaging and variable surface for mark making. And in addition, clay slips create a look closer to paint.