THE latest exhibition to open at The Bank Street Gallery, Kirriemuir, features the work of Bristol-based artist Freya Cumming.
Freya, a Scottish printmaker, has exhibited across Britain and beyond in Norway and Lithuania.
Her bright, vivacious personality shines through an ever present smile but her readiness to laugh belies a grittier and determined core.
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g a multidisciplinary printmaking post graduate degree at the University of the West of England – after graduating first class honours in illustration and printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee - she addressed the absence of facilities for printmakers in the Bristol area.
SNAP, a printmakers co-operative in the city centre there, is a product of her drive and ambition.
She produced the business plan, found the premises and arranged funding. It's no surprise then that she remains SNAP's book keeper!
Such determination is also reflected in her "other career", working in care homes which cater for adults with learning difficulties.
She pursues improvement - cooking healthy meals and encouraging variety in the stimulation that their environment affords.
Her ambition is to return to Scotland and set up a co-operative similar to SNAP with her sister, Anna, a jeweller in Glasgow.
Freya Cumming's show opened at Bank Street Gallery in Kirriemuir last Saturday and runs to Friday, March 12.
Gallery opening times are Wednesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
