Wider than the sky, deeper than the sea

New works from Kerry Harding. 1st - 22nd May 2021

"This recent body of work was completed during our most recent lockdown and is as expected influenced by what we have experienced over the last 12 months. I have always sought out the odd, the weird, the sublime, and realise after a year of seeking solace in distant horizons that these appealing aspects are almost always a result of Cornwall’s relationship with the sky. Being on the north coast of a peninsular means the ever changing clouds, light, shadows and winds give little moments of intrigue and nuance only noticed when you live somewhere like this long enough to see beyond the undoubtable awe. The title ‘Wider than the sky, deeper than the sea’ came after reading the poem ‘The Brain – is wider than the sky’ by Emily Dickinson. This poem celebrates the complexity of the human brain and our power of imagination and comprehension. This felt poignant on many levels, the wonders and perseverance of our medical scientists, our individual resilience to process and reflect on events, the renewed appreciated of our natural world in this process and my own creative practice which reconfigures and reinvents the landscape within a studio." Kerry Harding, April 2021

May 1 – 22, 2021