When artist Toby Paterson’s work Array sold before we’d even opened the doors to our Art Store exhibition last year, it only served to remind us of the huge talent Toby possesses as a contemporary artist. Together with Peacock Visual Arts, we are now delighted to be hosting his new suite of prints entitled ‘Inchoate Landscapes’, as featured above.

You can view all seven of the works within the series in more detail here.

One of Scotland’s award-winning and most successful young artists, Toby Paterson worked with Peacock Visual Art’s master printmakers back in 2003 to accomplish his hugely successful suite Patterns, returning last year to develop this brand new body of work. 

Inchoate Landscapes has enabled him to try techniques unfamiliar to him such as lino, lithography, digital print and etching, as well as returning to previously familiar methods including relief and silkscreen printing. Toby, talking about his new body of work, said:

 “This new suite of prints differs considerably from the previous one I completed at Peacock in 2003. Formally speaking, within this suite there is great variety in the processes and formats employed in the work, this approach exposing me to techniques such as lithography and etching for the first time. It’s also been a delight to return to previously familiar methods such as relief and silkscreen printing and use them in conjunction with these other processes.

 ”Inchoate Landscapes has stemmed from the experience of cities as contingent, pragmatic and flawed entities. Two strong threads within my work of recent years run through the suite; my exceedingly stimulating travels in Eastern Europe under the auspices of a Creative Scotland Award and the work, both permanent and temporary, that I’ve made outside the rarefied confines of the studio and gallery.”

“Whilst taking a position on these experiences might constitute views from opposite ends of the telescope, I hope they come together in this suite to represent the excitement I feel about the richly chaotic visual qualities of the built environment, whether that be in East London or Sofia. This is a distilled and highly subjective selection of images, but its avowed intention is to be a reflection of the human energies, both positive and negative, that bring our surroundings into being.”

The suite is being premièred at the London Original Print Fare from the 19 – 21 May and is available to buy now on CultureLabel for £5000.

A not to be missed showcase of Toby’s work will also be exhibited at Peacock Visual Arts this September based in Aberdeen. Keep checking www.peacockvisualarts.com for further details.