Mar05

Apr06

‘Smart art highlights sustainable travel’

Abigail McDougall‟s second solo exhibition Art for Sustainable Transport takes its inspiration from Bristol‟s growing commitment to sustainable travel, featuring familiar local landscapes and city vistas. Opening in March at the Royal West of England Academy‟s New Gallery, McDougall explores the popular network of cycle routes, waterways and pedestranised paths in the Avon area. Depicting the surrounding scenery - from Portishead, Bristol and Bath to Bradford-on-Avon – and focusing on the beauty of the natural world, each location has been reached through sustainable means.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with the charity SusTrans, donating 25% from sales of original artworks to the Bristol based organisation. McDougall highlights her passion for sustainable travel and “thinking locally” in her paintings, illuminating familiar streets and scenes by imbuing them with light and colour, seducing both Bristol natives and the region‟s many visitors. The show highlights the artist‟s childhood passion for sustainability and demonstrates arts growing role in provoking social responsibility for „green‟ issues, from animal rights to climate change. When it comes to sustainable transport McDougall suggests that “Bristol is making a great start, but there is a good deal to achieve on this front. I believe art should be not just for its own sake, but should fulfil some kind of social or
environmental purpose.”

In conjunction with the exhibition Abigail McDougall will also be running an inspirational watercolour workshop on 20th March, places can be booked directly through the RWA on 01179 735129.

www.abigailmcdougall.com

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