The Unity Theatre are staging an exhibition, titled Nature’s Way, of striking and sometimes abstract nature-based photographs and paintings by three Liverpool artists from the 9th October – 31st October.

The exhibition features photographs of Colin Serjent and Jane Groves, taken in Liverpool and Merseyside, while Carlee Graham will be showing large nature-based abstract paintings.

“I particularly like taking my photographs in the Spring and Summer, using azure coloured skies to help emphasise the colour patterns and textures in my pictures,” said Serjent, who has shown his work in the U.S.A., Germany and various parts of England.

“This preference for strong natural light helps me achieve the desired effects in my compositions. Many of the photographs, often taken close-up to the subject matter, are often abstract in appearance.”

Mr. Serjent’s subject matters include multi-coloured clusters of leaves, trees, plants and various other forms of distinctive and unusual looking natural habitats.

“Nature is something we don’t always see,” remarked  Jane Groves. “We look around and take for granted the sights we see before us.

“Images in time provide us with a space to see what we would normally scan and discount from our minds. Capturing the here and now stalls our fleeting glance and gives us the opportunity to see these images, and for us to view those sights we tend to disregard as unremarkable.

“We are surrounded by water,” she added, “yet this doesn’t often find a place in our consciousness….the river and the sea.

“Nature is remarkable, it’s nature’s way. My images are a chance to see, held in time, as they are when we passed them by. No camera tricks, no deception, the images are as they were when I first laid my eyes upon them.”

There will also be large scale abstract paintings by another Liverpool artist Carlee Graham, depicting various natural elements, earth, fire and water, based around her observations of the natural terrain in Liverpool and Merseyside.

A private view will be staged at the Unity on Thursday 8 October 5-30 pm to 7-30 pm. All are welcome to attend.