Silent Spaces, 2021
Acrylic, Collage and found objects in Scottish Souvenir matchboxes
80 x 100
Copyright Jayne Stokes
36 individual matchbox paintings each one depicting a scene from the seaside town of Eyemouth. The town's name comes from its location at the mouth of the Eye Water. Many...
36 individual matchbox paintings each one depicting a scene from the seaside town of Eyemouth. The town's name comes from its location at the mouth of the Eye Water. Many of the features of a traditional fishing village are preserved in the narrow streets and 'vennels', giving shelter from the sea and well-suited to the smuggling tradition of old.