Alison Forsyth Bell

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About Alison Forsyth Bell

Personal Statement

‘You are not in a place;
The place is in you.’
Silesius

Certain landscapes remain within our subconscious and continue to be a source of inspiration long after we have left them. What occurs between the landscape and the artist which enables this flow of creativity over a period of time? Some landscapes seem to remain within our subconscious and continue to be a source of inspiration long after we have left them.
My textile art practice focuses on visual and emotional responses to island shorelines. I have been exploring the visual qualities; colour, form, light and patterns observed along the west coast of the Scotland. My exhibition; Seasilks, exhibited in Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist, 2009, was a response to a stretch of shoreline on the Isle of Arran. The work was a sensory distillation acquired over many years through observing the colours reflected on the sea, the feel of dried seaweed in the hand and the sound of the wind.
Recently I began doctoral research at the University of the West of Scotland, into the process of relinquishing through transitioning and how this impacts on the creative process.

Year Established: 1992