Art in Isolation
A lockdown legacy
An exhibition by Elizabeth Cope in aid of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Also exhibiting Phoebe McCosh, Mungo McCosh, Reuben Cope and words by Sybil Cope.
Yemen Humanitarian Crisis
Currently there are more than 3 million children starving in Yemen. They need urgent support. Elizabeth was moved to paint some of the shocking scenes reported by the BBC and RTE News, on what has otherwise been an under reported war. The most vulnerable are suffering and now Covid19 makes survival an even greater struggle. Please donate what you can.
Animal Vases with White Lilac
Oil on canvas
61cm x 45cm
This body of work reflects the vulnerability of the human made things; the castle, ruined sheds, the vases, race, gender, privilege. The less vulnerable are the animals and plants, the donkeys and the natural beauty. They are real life, everything else is imagined. Culture is an imagined human set of rules and ideas and imagination is the very thing that makes us human.
From the white lilac and swan and the black dolls and toy monkey, to beautiful landscapes and stark starving children. There are contrasts everywhere in the work, as in the world. Contrasts and conflicts make up the reality of our lives. They have created a chasm in today’s world.
Expecting Andrew, Burke Hall
Expecting Andrew, Burke Hall Phoebe McCosh 60x50cm Oil on Canvas
Mr Monkey with Animal Vases of Lilac
Mr Monkey with Animal Vases of Lilac Elizabeth Cope 41x51cm ooc
Kitchen Sink
Kitchen Sink Mungo McCosh Oil on panel 40 x 60 cm
Summertime, and the Living is Easy (Phoebe 2009)
Summertime, and the Living is Easy (Phoebe 2009) Elizabeth Cope 61x76cm ooc
View of the Ridge from near Church Entrance
View of the Ridge from near Church Entrance Elizabeth Cope 50X43cm ooc
Loader
Loader Reuben Cope Mixed Media
Centaurea with Babes
Centaurea with Babes Phoebe McCosh 60x54cm oil on canvas
Self Portrait with Blue Leicester
Self Portrait with Blue Leicester Phoebe McCosh 57x76cm Oil on Canvas
Donkeys Grazing down the Weeds
Donkeys Grazing down the Weeds Elizabeth Cope 61x156cm oil on panel
Nisbet from Shaw
Nisbet from Shaw Mungo McCosh Oil on panel 40 x 61cm
Self Portrait (2005)
Self Portrait (2005) Elizabeth Cope 30x25cm ooc
Swan Vase Amongst Bluebells
Swan Vase Amongst Bluebells Elizabeth Cope 50x30cm ooc
Walled Garden
Walled Garden Elizabeth Cope 52x86cm ooc
Garmelow Manor
Garmelow Manor Phoebe McCosh Oil on Canvas 76x60cm
Yemeni Child BBC TV
Yemeni Child BBC TV Elizabeth Cope 50x60cm ooc
Yemeni Children RTE 1 & BBC TV
Yemeni Children RTE 1 & BBC TV Elizabeth Cope 50x60cm ooc
Kettle
Kettle Mungo McCosh Oil on panel 38 x 29cm
Peonies with Andrew & Tessa
Peonies with Andrew & Tessa Phoebe McCosh 60x52cm Oil on canvas
Who’s Minding Who
Who’s Minding Who Elizabeth Cope Oil on Canvas 24cm x 30cm
Magical Castle
Magical Castle Elizabeth Cope 41.5x52cm ooc
Sunflowers & Babes
Sunflowers & Babes Phoebe McCosh 60x54cm Oil on Canvas
Broken Rooftops
Broken Rooftops Elizabeth Cope 30X40cm ooc
The chasm is stark. It has always been there, but now it has grown beyond belief. It is a racial chasm, a social chasm and a political one. It is a division of those privileged and those not. If we don’t recognise it we are not humane.
Filling the chasm with flags, statues, slurs and blame won’t block it. It only makes us no longer see the mistakes made. It is up to the privileged few to build bridges across this divide, it cannot be filled in.
The exhibiton is open for the month of August, from Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm, at The Stable Yard, Shankill Castle. The exhibiton can be viewed at other times by appointment.
50% of the profit from Elizabeth Cope’s exhibited work will go directly to Trócaire in aid of the Yemen humanitarian crisis. For sales inquiries and pricing click the link below or email info@elizabethcope.com .
Swan Vase Amongst Bluebells
Oil on canvas
50cm x 30cm
Magical Castle
Oil on canvas
41.5cm x 52cm
History cannot be rewritten, but it needs to be read and reread in this global world. It needs to be shouted from the rooftops, so everyone can know what has happened and what is happening, so we can learn how to be better, learn how to be humane.
We need to start now. We are all one. We need to unite. The earth is our only home and we need to protect it valiantly. How can we sit back and watch people suffer? Right now, there are more than 3 million children starving in Yemen.
View of the Ridge from near Church Entrance
Oil on canvas
50cm x 43cm
Broken Rooftops
Oil on canvas
30cm x 40cm
“We need to act. And yet we sit at home and I contribute by painting. Painting in these times is like screaming into the void, right now, in this moment it is what I have to contribute.” Elizabeth Cope, July 2020.
If those screams are loud and strong enough, then together we can make a positive impact. There are so many areas that need our attention in the world today and so many challenges it is overwhelming. Let us stop being paralysed by global fear and take action, however small the ripples will be felt.
Donkeys Grazing down the Weeds
Oil on board
61cm x 156cm
Yemeni Children BBC TV
Oil on canvas
50cm x 60cm
Yemeni Children RTE 1 & BBC TV
Oil on canvas
50cm x 60cm
Self Portrait (2005)
Oil on canvas
30cm x 25cm
Summertime, and the Living is Easy (Phoebe 2009)
Oil on canvas
61cm x 76cm
The exhibiton is open for the month of August, from Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm, at The Stable Yard, Shankill Castle. The exhibiton can be viewed at other times by appointment.
50% of the profit from Elizabeth Cope’s exhibited work will go directly to Trócaire in aid of the Yemen humanitarian crisis. For sales inquiries and pricing click the link below or email info@elizabethcope.com .
Walled Garden
Oil on canvas
52cm x 86cm
Who’s Minding Who
Oil on canvas
24m x 30cm