WHERE ECHOES REST
JUNE 2025
Dalkeith Palace
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH22 1ST
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ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION
In June 2025, a new exhibition Where Echoes Rest took place in Dalkeith Palace, Scotland, which displayed for the first time Paul Martin’s final works, alongside a wide selection of earlier pieces, and provided a fascinating portrait of a remarkable artist. 'The greatest audacity', wrote Andre Gide, 'is that at the end of life', and these last works showed Martin still audacious, still striving, still seeking, still unyielding in his quest to grasp the ‘thisness of things’ and to see into the nature of nature.
Paul Martin enjoyed a career spanning nearly half a century of painting and printmaking during which he exhibited widely, both at home and abroad. He has work in the collections of The Royal Academy, The British Museum and the BBC. Over the course of his career he garnered many awards including The British Institution prize for Printmaking and The Royal Academy Awards for Painting and Printmaking.
Dalkeith Palace is set in extensive parkland, both natural and landscaped, and ancient woodlands dating back over a thousand years. Full length windows in the gallery spaces overlook this parkland, or perhaps allow the landscape into the gallery itself, making the Palace the perfect setting to display Paul Martin's explorations into the mysteries of the natural world.