Suzanne Holtom: And Hills Bore Scars
The paintings draw from key sites around Walsall and Dudley described as 鈥榞eosites鈥� in the Black Country Global Geopark. Specifically, the areas around Streetly formed the topography of significant personal memories and stories of Suzanne Holtom鈥檚 earlier and later life. A deep mapping of place has become the primary motivation in her work, which encompasses geological time, social histories, personal experiences and memory.
The works also contemplate bodily forms, land masses, histories, patterns of energy and industry, layered materiality and shifting terrains. The idea of scale is important, epic themes can collide with the trivial or commonplace but what is always conveyed is how human activities impact upon and interact with the landscape.
The Black Country geosites of Barr Beacon, Streetly and Wren鈥檚 Nest, Dudley have been key to her most recent work. Ancient limestone formations and more recent collapsed structures from mining and industry provide rich visual inspiration. But also, the sweep of pylons, the silent sentinels that extend across the land near Barr Beacon.
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The paintings draw from key sites around Walsall and Dudley described as 鈥榞eosites鈥� in the Black Country Global Geopark. Specifically, the areas around Streetly formed the topography of significant personal memories and stories of Suzanne Holtom鈥檚 earlier and later life. A deep mapping of place has become the primary motivation in her work, which encompasses geological time, social histories, personal experiences and memory.
The works also contemplate bodily forms, land masses, histories, patterns of energy and industry, layered materiality and shifting terrains. The idea of scale is important, epic themes can collide with the trivial or commonplace but what is always conveyed is how human activities impact upon and interact with the landscape.
The Black Country geosites of Barr Beacon, Streetly and Wren鈥檚 Nest, Dudley have been key to her most recent work. Ancient limestone formations and more recent collapsed structures from mining and industry provide rich visual inspiration. But also, the sweep of pylons, the silent sentinels that extend across the land near Barr Beacon.
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