Open Close Stobswell (red abstract)

On large door of former Dens Road Market. Info from artist: “Painting is directly from my studies of local landscape, this one from edge of River at the foot of the Esk.” Info from Open/Close website: "Joanna Craig’s concept is for a bright, bold and striking painted image upon a Stobswell door. Her idea comes directly from the inspiration which drives all of her work - the making of place. Jo’s work focuses upon studies of the land, observations and the beauty of colours, line and form found there. She makes works at Scotland’s raw edges – the eastern coasts and river mouths. Her hand translates these studies with brush strokes and pencil marks, to create bold and striking images with the curious personality of this land within each piece. This is exactly what Jo was driven and enthused to do in the kaleidoscope of land that is Stobswell; translate one of her studies from our local eastern coasts onto a door, expressing with colour and energy, line and form, the vibrant personality of Stobswell and Dundee within the work. It is a portal on a door, between life and land." Open/Close Stobswell project was part-funded by the Maryfield Regeneration Forum and the NHS Community Innovation Fund.