SCAF Emerging Artists 2023 Exhibition Catalogue
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In a period of recovery, this is the first time<br />
in three years I have returned to drawing<br />
trees and forests.<br />
DAVID MCQUILLAN<br />
How the Light Gets In<br />
Ink on paper<br />
100cm x 50cm<br />
A symbolic light has long been a part of<br />
my drawings of trees: alongside a sense<br />
of being trapped and lost: representing<br />
beauty, the search the hope and purpose<br />
one needs to recover.<br />
There is darkness and light within us all;<br />
accepting both is the key to wellbeing –<br />
I have focused on the light in these<br />
drawings, more than the darkness and<br />
more than in any of my previous work.<br />
“there’s a crack, a crack in everything –<br />
that’s how the light gets in.” [L. Cohen]<br />
<strong>Emerging</strong> Artist <strong>2023</strong> Award<br />
www.davidmcquillan.com
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