Ready to exhibit her latest work Hilary Stock will be bringing her newest exhibition, ‘From Wiltshire Woods to the Cornish Coast’, to the White Horse Gallery from November 1 to November 30.
‘From Wiltshire Woods to the Cornish Coast’ will include a range of new work that celebrates the Savernake Forest and Westwoods, as well showcasing Hilary’s wellknown Cornish pictures.
“There is something mesmerising about the stillness of the Savernake,” Hilary says. “It feels like a privilege to wander amongst the trees, as if I’m glimpsing a world unknown.”
A number of Hilary’s photos have an ethereal, three-dimensional quality to them, drawing the viewer into the woods. Hilary works closely with her framers, Ed and Alex Frewen, in Devizes and together they have created a unique format in which some of the trees appear to emerge from the print. “I want people to feel that experience of going into the woods,” Hilary says.
Hilary has also spent many years photographing the Cornish coast, most recently the Roseland Peninsula. Her work is exhibited at the Harbour Gallery in Portscatho and has been bought by private collectors around the world. Last summer, she had a number of pop-up exhibitions in Cornwall, where there was considerable interest in her Wiltshire work as well as her Cornish pictures, which often feature grids of nine, hand-folded images. “I think there are many surprisingly strong connections between the two counties,” Hilary says.
Hilary, who lives just outside Marlborough, has recently taught photography to a group of teenagers and taken them to The Gambia with a new local charity, Thriving Through Venture. They were based in Gunjur, which is twinned with Marlborough. An exhibition of the teenagers’ pictures will run at the White Horse Gallery in December.
‘From Wiltshire Woods to the Cornish Coast’ opens with a private view at 6.30pm on November 1 2018 and will run for the whole month.
For further information visit www.hilarystock.co.uk
