INSPIRATION

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I am largely inspired by the environment and archaeology of the Outer Hebrides. The sea brings strange flotsam and jetsam from a vast catchment and transforms and slowly owns man-made objects. Storm surges reveal ancient burials, artefacts and structures, and rain and the acidic gneiss of the island's interior combine to form a thick blanket of peat. 

I rarely return from a walk empty handed. As an obsessive collector, I often prolong the moment of discovery by making the things I find into something new. Much of what I make is related to ideas around ageing, death and metamorphosis. This is not intended as morbid or negative, but as a neutral and inevitable process. 

Living on North Uist for much of my life, I am constantly aware of tidal ebb and flow, as well as weather and seasonal changes. Surrounded by a myriad of other creatures...birds, insects, mammals and fish, all feeding, breeding, dying and decaying, makes the latter seem natural and familiar.

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EXHIBITIONS

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Beacon Studio, North Uist 2010

Art on the Map, North Uist 2015/16/17

UAA Open, North Uist 2015/16/17

Sollas Collective, North Uist 2017

Dundas St Gallery*, Edinburgh 2019

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*REVIEW

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'Creag Agus Uisge' - awarded 4 stars by Duncan Macmillian, Art Critic, Scotsman

"Bird in Tree...made by Fergus Granville is one the most striking objects..."