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ROY PICKERING - BORROWED LAND:
Exhibition at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
Borrowed Land is an ex-
hibition by Roy Pickering
who has been working
on a series of paintings
focused on the sur-
rounding landscape of
Sherwood Forest.
Borrowed Land seeks to
explore questions of land
ownership, the passage
of time and the fragility
of landscape.
This work reveals Roy’s
personal response to
the transformative
effects of human
intervention on nature.
The work is a reflection
of his studio, which is a
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y Pickering “Borro
in the middle of a
wed Land” 2013 Oil
and Acrylic on canv
scene that has been
as 240 x 150 cm
subject to both quarrying and
farming.
Roy started on this work after mov-
ing back to his native Welbeck in
the heart of Sherwood Forest from
London in 2003. The exhibition
presents a comprehensive selec-
tion of recent work and includes
large format canvases as well as
small oil paintings on aluminium.
Full video interview and more pho-
tos are is available at www.mojatu.
com/roypickeringexhibition
Dates:
Sat 05 Mar - Mon 30 May
Admission:
Free
Venue:
Angear Visitor Centre, Nottingham
Lakeside Arts, University Park,
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
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