Breaking the Isle of Man up into small pieces, and presenting individually, is the idea behind a new exhibition at the Isle Gallery.

Graphic designer Adam Berry opened his new display, entitled ’Jigsaw 2’, last weekend, and he says it is a follow on from his last exhibition, ’Jigsaw’, which he displayed two years ago.

Adam sees this latest collection of work as being split into two parts, with one a collection of brightly realised depictions of the Manx countryside, and the other a collection of small computer-designed renderings of stand-out local buildings, separated out from their backgrounds.

The landscapes almost come across as highly stylised advertorial, tourist posters, and are titled by the seasons, written out in Manx Gaelic.

’They are little pieces of the Isle of Man, done in my own "graphic design" style,’ said Adam.

’I’m not a landscape artist, but this is my take on that idea. They are just views taken from when I’ve been out and about.

’They came from the first show, which seemed to be popular.

’I included towns and villages in that show, and these are done in a similar kind of style.

’I have hopefully made it clear where I have moved on and kicked on from that exhibition to this.

’It is how I chose to represent the landscapes. You can go out and take a photo if you want and represent it like that.

’But I want to do a piece of artwork that is different. You can’t just go in a replicate what you see in a photograph, because what’s the point?

’I want to do it in a more fun, graphic kind of way, which is my angle at looking at it, and also my reason for doing it.’

Adam’s collection of buildings is just as interesting for the details, which are highlighted by the lack of background, and presented as small monographic prints.

’They have been a bit of a slow burner for me, as I started doing these pictures of buildings a while ago,’ said Adam.

’It is good to take these buildings, either like the Lucky Star cafe in Ramsey or Collinsons’s cafe in Port Erin, and isolate them from their surroundings.

’It makes you see the buildings in a different way.

’For example, drawing the Creg Ny Baa building was difficult, as the whole thing is on loads of different levels. Each part had to be drawn individually. It made me realise that many buildings aren’t what they seem to be on face value.

’If you look at them, there is loads going on.’

’Jigsaw 2’ is open at the isle Gallery until Sunday November 4.

by Mike Wade

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