Artwork grows on new Perth Royal Infirmary centre

Sep 8 2009 by Richard Wilkins, Perthshire Advertiser Tuesday

TAYSIDE Healthcare Arts Trust (THAT) has been working with the Arts Steering Group on a piece of artwork for the new Cornhill Macmillan Centre.

Created by artist, Andrea Geile, the artwork was specially designed for the new courtyard at the centre at Perth Royal Infirmary.

The design consists of an extensive scattering of loose ivy leaves made from waterproof steel forming an everlasting garden running along the walls and following around corners.

Andrea said: “Gardens are truly a window on the soul. It is about our relationship to the natural world.

“For me this is reason to create well-integrated art projects and I hope the Leaf Cloud will achieve this.

“In all of my work I draw on my experience of allotment gardening and contemporary art.

“The Leaf Cloud is my version of a secret garden with everlasting plants winding along the walls, creating a positive sense of place which I hope people who sit within this courtyard experience.”

The £3.75million Cornhill Macmillan Centre is a joint partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS Tayside and is the latest in a series of modern palliative care units across Scotland that focuses on the comfort and privacy of patients, as well as their clinical needs.