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Erin Thomson, Human Nature (Riddle Series) Book of Nature
Erin Thomson, Human Nature (Riddle Series) Book of Nature
Erin Thomson, Human Nature (Riddle Series) Book of Nature

Erin Thomson

Human Nature (Riddle Series) Book of Nature
Tipex on Khadi Tsasho paper bound by wax thread
23.5 x 17.5cm, unframed
£350, 2021. UK p&p: £8/Int p&p: £15
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  • Human Nature (Riddle Series) Book of Nature
Erin Thomson’s niche is the incomprehensible. Using her interest in historical and scientific research, she builds new dimensions with no intention of meaning in paintings and encodes words into drawings to further complicate the ability to decipher. With this lack of understanding, she can create work that reflects both complexity and simplicity. By nature we are curious. Erin want’s to push that curiosity further, challenging what we know and what we know we do not know. For these works, Erin created a cypher to look into our ability to comprehend language while also referencing the evolution of alphabets through history.
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Erin Thomson is a Dundee-born painter based in Edinburgh. She studied Painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, graduating in 2021. She was awarded the VAS Graduate Showcase Award, the SSA New Graduate Award and was selected for the RSA New Contemporaries 2023 and the RSA John Kinross Scholarship.

 

https://erinthomsonpainter.co.uk/

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Literature

The stars in the sky crash together to create a full moon.

As you gaze from the sky down you see the peak of a mountain,

at its base, a bed of sand on which you are standing and an expanse of water in which you are watching.

In the sand you find a pearl, the reflection reminds you of a rainbow,

the shape is that of an egg, an egg which will be life, breathe air.

You start to move, walking towards a river.

Along the banks you see life, a snail, a frog, a fish.

At the end of the river you see a waterfall.

But it is cold and dark now.

The waterfall has frozen over, icicles as sharp as a thorn of a rose.

Sometimes the ice shelves collapse, creating icebergs, drifting out to sea.

You settle for the night, the wind blowing fallen leaves into the fire you have just created.

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