Impact of climate change on coastline is focus of new exhibition at Signal Arts

Kildare artist Bettina Norton’s latest exhibition, Boundless Fragments, is showing at Bray’s Signal Arts Centre until Sunday, May 26 and is sure to capture the imagination of locals given it delves into the “profound impact of changing climates on our coastline, showcasing seascapes that reflect the increasing fragmentation of our landscape”.

Bettina’s latest work sets out to convey the evolving nature of our shores under mounting environmental pressures, which the artist says have brought a change in weather patterns and an increase in violent storm activity, as well as rises in sea levels which are having a dramatic impact on our coastal habitats.

Boundless Fragments offers a poignant exploration of the delicate balance between nature and human influence, inviting audiences to contemplate the evolving beauty and vulnerability of our coastlines. It is also is an immersive visual experience that sparks dialogue and reflection on the future of our landscape.

Bettina is a self-taught artist originally from Kildare but now living and working in South Kilkenny.

With a background in art and antiques she has worked abroad in London and The Middle East before returning to Ireland in the late 90’s. Since 2012 she has been gradually growing her art practice and is now represented by several galleries around the country.

Working in both oil and other mixed media her method is intuitive and expressive. Bettina draws inspiration from the coastal landscape with “expressive paintings that bring an immediate and immersive experience of the power of the sea, the sound of the waves whispering over the sand and pebbles along the shore, the smell of the salty sea, are all here within these highly charged paintings”.

The work is intuitive, interpreting aspects of landscape as expression of form and movement. Feel and see the ocean and experience the landscape in all its changing forms.