Embassy Tea Rooms

The Embassy Tea Gallery is pleased to present Expedition, a solo exhibition by Gordon Davidson that brings together the results of years of experimentation in use of pigments and materials with immersion in viewing the natural world in new ways, both at the macro and micro levels. Gordon’s Aluminium Paintings are highly decorative, sensuous images, many based on his travels throughout Morocco. These works exploit light and the inherent reflectivity of the material to bring an entirely new dimension, changing the nature of his images in different lights at different times of the day, as well as enhancing the richness of colours and form.

Gordon’s Earth Portraits have evolved from examining the behaviour of different types of pigments in combination with different base materials to create new, 3 dimensional ‘colour topographies’ that invite the viewer to go on their own ‘expedition’ into unexplored terrain reminiscent of satellite images of the Earth. This is further explored within a series of 3-D reliefs using a variety of materials that explores the boundaries between painting and sculpture.