Rooted

Nine artists from Trowbridge Artists’ Café make a variety of responses to the theme of Rooted by exploring wood in its different aspects: not least as a material which is both beautiful and useful, fashioned since time immemorial into artefacts, tools, shelters, sculptures and other structures, including possibly the first wooden bridge over the Biss which gives Trowbridge its name.

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Over many generations, the complex ecosystem known as a wood has been an ancient feature of the landscape rich in metaphorical connotations. Artists through the ages have grappled with the aesthetics of the subject. Each wood has its own character and spirit of place, its biodiversity having its own inherent value. Today we are beginning to appreciate the wood as a resource for health and leisure, carbon capture and flood control, as well as a commercial source of timber.

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The exhibiting artists, who work mostly with paint, printmaking and artists’ books, have shown widely both as a group and as individuals. They are:

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Alison Craddock
Annette Smith
Cathy Hilser
Yvonne Powell
Ann Goldsmith
Gill Sylvester
Nicola Hawkins
Philippa Edwards
Sue Cook

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If you are interested in coming to the Artists’ Café, it meets at 10.30am on the first Thursday of the month at Cesar’s Café. To contact, please email annettesmith@ukartists.com.