Ian Brooks

Embarking on a landscape of vast proportions, realised in small scale monotone etchings by Ian Brooks focus on the frozen outpost of the polar regions in his other role as scientist. They are tightly drawn, rendered in fine detail, etched into copper plates and hand printed with oil-based inks. Perhaps reflecting our current climate crisis, ironically beautiful locations.

'While working on the etchings there is a constant tension between my natural tendency towards realism and finely rendered detail and a desire to simplify and abstract the image to achieve a looser rendering that maintains the energy of the original sketches made in the field.'  Distant Shores Exhibition