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Into an Older Land

Artist: Crowe, Victoria, OBE RSA · b. 1945

"My painting 'Into an Older Land' was painted in 2000/ It was first shown in my Festival Exhibition at the/ Scottish Gallery in 2001. It is bothe mentioned by Ian/ Gail in the introduction and illustrated in the/ catalogue...It was exhibited again in the RSA annual ex.when/ it was held outwith the RSA pos in 2002/ 2004 ?/ It was exhibited in a solo exhibition at 'Alchemy -/ the Art of Victoria Crowe' at Drumcroon Arts Centre in Wigan/...'Into an Older Land' was used as the poster for the exhibition...It is reproduced in my book, Painted Insights...In the introduction by Dr Colin/ Bailey, an over view of recent work, its relation to earlier things/ & constantly re-worked themes.....In personal terms, this painting was a return to landscape/ imagery of Scotland - in part a response to the success/ of the retrospective work 'A Shepherd's Life' at the SNPG.....which was my work from 70 - late 80s..In part it was also the developing imagery/ of more personal issues and content." (Letter from Victoria Crowe to Collections Assistant, 2006-05-25) "In Into an Older Land a bushy Christmas rose, set/ against a bleak snow-covered hill, appears to speak defiantly of life, when all around/ seems dead, and surreal sculpted heads hang at some indeterminate point between/ the window and the clouds..".(page 16 of Dr Colin Bailey's introduction in "Victoria Crowe, Painted Insights" Antique Collector's Club, 2001)