A unique and highly original portfolio of Fine Art Lithographs by Pat Elliott Shircore
	Contents | Main Page | The Pictures | Exhibitions | History Pages | Enquiries | Links   ( click the picture to see an enlargement ) Pat's work has evolved from her growing passion for calligraphy, no matter where it originated, and her great interest in the development of culture in different societies. Because she has lived in South East Asia for over twenty years she has had the opportunity to study many of Asia's different scripts, but her interest in the subject is worldwide. She views the calligraphy of the Middle East, where for religious reasons it has become the most ubiquitous subject of artistic expression due to the taboo on depicting the human image, as one of the pinnacles of mankind's achievements. But her own approach goes beyond that. She has developed a theory that in many cases written communication mirrors closely the stylistic manifestations of a country's artistry in all its varied forms, including architecture, sculpture, performance art and design. And that the influence of the natural world, botanically and geographically, underpins this development. Pat's main interest does not lie in the magnificent set pieces of calligraphy as found in temples or publications, she looks for examples of script everywhere - on menus, shop windows or walls, local packaging or posted notices. She discovered that an unconscious note or scribble found within the everyday world will often provide the most truthful examples of a culture's intrinsic written style. Yet Pat is no linguist, indeed is illiterate in respect to the non-Roman alphabet, and maintains that because her primary interest in calligraphy is purely visual, this is a great advantage. It allows her to view the written language from a strictly visual, academic standpoint, uninfluenced by the obvious meaning of words. She says that while working on 'Signed and Sealed', she found the hardest part was in presenting the fluid lines of her own written language in the same dispassionate yet impassioned way in which she naturally approached Chinese script. Pat Elliott Shircore is currently working on a pan-Asian project based on this hypothesis, which she has divided in two, due to the wide scope of her theme. The first concentrates on the Golden Triangle countries, Thailand, Indochina and Burma and the second focuses on Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia and Northern China. (go to next page - The History Pages)    Top of Page  Contents  Main Page  The Pictures  Sales Room  History Pages  Links  Guest Book
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