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Inspired by drawing on location, the work on show embodies the notion of ‘Leading Lines’ a term coined by John Ruskin, to describe the lines in a drawing ‘that embody in their very formation, the past history, present action and future potential of a thing’ (Tim Ingold, 2007).

“The lines that embody in their very formation the past history, present action and future potential of  a thing. The lines of  the mountain show how it has been built up and worn away, those of  a tree show how it has contended with the trails of  life in the forest and with the winds that have tormented it, those of  the wave or cloud show how it has been shaped by currents of  air and water”. 

(Tim Ingold  2007)

The charcoal drawings in this exhibition are observations of the natural world and the ephemeral traces of those who have shaped the landscape. Through drawing Glyn Brewerton examines the act of remembering, tracing history and the documentation of arduous journeys and passages through time. He demonstrates his individual approach to location drawing, using charcoal, which is altered and distressed to convey both the history of a drawing and an the unfolding presence of forgotten and abandoned places. He is fascinated by additive and reductive approaches to drawing through adding and taking away of materials, a process that conveys  metaphors for absence and dissolving memories, and a mode of drawing and expression that photography cannot reproduce. Many of the drawings on show were first exhibited at the Workhouse Museum in Southwell, Nottinghamshire and was a collaboration with the National Trust.
Glyn has exhibited work nationally and internationally in exhibitions which have included “Drawing Breath” at the Fundicoa Lugar De Resende in Porto  2008, The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 and The Association of Illustrators Best of British Illustration Awards 2005. He is currently subject leader for Illustration at Norwich University College of the Arts.