Nigel Ellis, Edge Grounds

These little collisions of nature and nurture are almost unseen and seemingly beneath notice. To me they stand for something to look for and believe in. They happen at the base of trees, along railway station embankments, at the edges of paths, parks … anywhere. Intense with accident, they might aspire to abstraction, but are informing, creaturely and particular.

Too small to be ‘Edgeland’ landscapes, they are models of modesty but as limitless in variety as the skies. I call them Edge Grounds.

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Nigel Ellis was born at the border of Country, Old Town and New Town in a place north of London known locally as Stig. He attended St Albans, Canterbury, and Chelsea schools of art. He has work in private and public collections in England, Europe and the United States.

“Nigel Ellis’s works are well rooted in the ancient tradition, yet are like flowers that have opened this morning.” George Mackay Brown