Exhibition: The Passion - Paint, textiles, photography, print- a response to global warming by like-minded artists

This exhibition brings together a group of artists - Sylvia Davey, Margaret Findlay, Genevive Matthews Gally, Scapa Joe, Marianne Ruth King and James Wyness. Although they work in different media, they share like-minded ideals and set out to investigate how their environments are affected by change, including the changes brought by global warming.

Their work is expressed though a wide range of media, including recycling textiles, beach litter, wire and photography, as well as watercolour, oils and acrylic painting. The exhibition is not focused on the individual but is about the common thread for their work: Change.    

Each artist is concerned about environmental change; documenting and recording change that has happened and is happening right now. They are interested in the process of change in the wider landscape, such as rural or urban, natural or built, earth or water and in the smaller detail of the environment - the love of the little environment; leaves, rocks and lichen. Their motivation is the passion inside them as they express change in their specific environment.   

The exhibition does not try to solve the problem of climate change but attempts to draw attention to change that may happen. It is the personal response of each artist to what is happening in their perceived environment and they hope this will raise awareness and make people think.