Alec Finlay

I recently purchased these three drawing by Alec Finlay following an exhibition through Modern Empire at La Scatola Gallery, in Shoreditch London. Modern Empire "work with emerging and established artists to produce limited edition prints and to foster investment in artists' works on paper", through this way of working they have a number of talented young artists on thier books, who are creating affordable work for investors or art lovers, as well as getting their name on the map. 

 Knock of Braemoray, Sgurr Nan Gillean and Cauldcleuch Head, are the names of three mountains in Scotland. Finlay created these three as part of a series that included all of the mountains in Scotland. There is something about this work that i love, i think it is the simplification of the natural object, the quantifying of such awesome visually impressive articles that intrigues me. There is some notion to the sublime here, something about the measuring of the immeasurable.

 Knock of Braemoray

Sgurr Nan Gillean

Cauldcleuch Head