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Connections
Work by Hils Tranter at Daisy Laing Gallery
Mon 15 Nov – Sat 4 Dec 2021PV: Sun 21 Nov 3-6pmOPEN: Mon, Tues, Wed 11am-3pmThurs, Fri & Sat 10.30am- 5pmSun by appointment
Daisy Laing Gallery & Vintage Studio, Old Bakehouse Lane, Chapel Street, Penzance, TR18 4AE

Local artist and NSA member Hils Tranter returns to Daisy Laing Gallery for her first solo exhibition, two years since a successful collaborative show ‘PLAY’ with 14 creative friends.  Connections is about feeling grounded, connecting with something outside yourself, yet inside yourself. Seeing connections with past work or life. Gaining understanding and clarity. This exhibition includes drawing, painting, collage and artists books, using mixed media. 

Hils works in her home studio in a quiet rural haven, surrounded by space and skies – which feeds her instagram and her creativity. Making work can be a battle between every day life and commitments. During fertile patches, she is fuelled by curiosity and playfulness. Mindful mark-making and drawing, often linked with themes of music movement rhythms and dancing. Play, experimentation and daydreaming are essential to getting in the zone where magic can happen. Hils says:

“My art reflects my life and all its peaks and troughs. It can seem disparate as it jumps about from different media and subject, yet there are threads and themes that run throughout. There’s usually a feeling or a moment I’m trying to find or capture, though sometimes it feels like clutching at smoke.”