{"id":52543,"date":"2024-10-21T10:24:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/?p=52543"},"modified":"2024-10-21T10:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:48:17","slug":"out-of-sight-edinburghs-graystone-gallery-looks-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/out-of-sight-edinburghs-graystone-gallery-looks-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Sight: Edinburgh&#8217;s Graystone Gallery Looks Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Graystone Gallery<\/strong> in Edinburgh is mounting an exhibition looking at what lies beyond what is immediately visible and the limits of perspective, giving way to the realm of suggestion &#8211; what you can see and what you can\u2019t. The well-curated exhibition brings together a group of contemporary artists, each interpreting the idea of horizon, both literal and metaphorical, looking beyond the familiar, pushing the limits of perception and imagination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Poppy Cyster reflects her \u2018joie de vivre\u2019 through her love of colour and abstract compositions full of controlled energy.&nbsp; She has developed a true and instinctive language unmistakably her own\u2019.<\/em> &#8211; Richard Demarco. European Art Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One is immediately drawn to the joyful mood and translucent light across <strong>Poppy Cyster\u2019s<\/strong> abstracted landscapes of open skies, shoreline, cloud, waves, sun, moon, dancing with a tangible sense of movement. A wash of soft aquamarine vividly expresses <em>Within the Ocean Moment<\/em>, just vaguely delineating sea from sky, the surface dripping with splashes of water and rain drops.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas--1024x939.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Cyster, 'Within the Ocean Moment', mixed media on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52556 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas--1024x939.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Cyster, 'Within the Ocean Moment', mixed media on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52556 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas--1024x939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas--480x440.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas--150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas--768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Within-the-Ocean-Moment-mixed-media-on-canvas-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Poppy Cyster, &#8216;Within the Ocean Moment&#8217;, mixed media on canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poppy is the daughter of an aviator, and spent her childhood looking out from the cockpit of a biplane to view a patchwork of fields; she takes aerial photographs to capture this bird\u2019s-eye view for deconstructed compositions using thick brushstrokes for a bold sweep of tangerine, mauve and peach in <em>Sand Tide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen--1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Cyster, 'Sand Tide', mixed media on linen\" class=\"wp-image-52555 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen--1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Cyster, 'Sand Tide', mixed media on linen\" class=\"wp-image-52555 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen--1024x834.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen--480x391.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen--150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen--768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-Sand-Tide-mixed-media-on-linen-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Poppy Cyster, &#8216;Sand Tide&#8217;, mixed media on linen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A more minimalist form of horizontal blocks depicts the clear strips of land, water and sky in <em>River Edge, <\/em>with an innovative zigzag contour of a boundary line, all blended with a palette of soft pinks and blues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen--1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Cyster, 'River Edge', mixed media on linen\" class=\"wp-image-52554 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen--1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Cyster, 'River Edge', mixed media on linen\" class=\"wp-image-52554 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen--1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen--480x394.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen--150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen--768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Poppy-Cyster-River-Edge-mixed-media-on-linen-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Poppy Cyster, &#8216;River Edge&#8217;, mixed media on linen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katy Sawrey<\/strong> focuses on the study of structured shapes and lines to define her semi-representational and abstract landscapes: \u2018<em>To me it is the light which creates the atmosphere of any place. Those moments when sunlight turns everything pink or gives the edges of nature a \u2018glow,\u2019 I want to recreate\u2019.&nbsp;<\/em>&#8211; Katy Sawrey <em>[see more about Katy&#8217;s method at bottom of page]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy--1024x1172.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Sawrey, 'As the Sun Rises', acrylic on canvas copy\" class=\"wp-image-52548 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1172\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy--1024x1172.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Sawrey, 'As the Sun Rises', acrylic on canvas copy\" class=\"wp-image-52548 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy--1024x1172.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy--480x550.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy--131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy--768x879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-As-the-Sun-Rises-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Katy Sawrey, &#8216;As the Sun Rises&#8217;, acrylic on canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This atmospheric vision is imaginatively illustrated in <em>As the Sun Rises<\/em> with a geometric, triangular pattern through which we can glimpse a shadowy glen, line of hills and craggy rock, glowing in the rosy-red dawn. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With softer, rounded shapes, <em>Let\u2019s Escape<\/em> features the edge of the seashore leading to the broad, open perspective of rolling hills beyond, disappearing into the distance under a pale&nbsp;cream sky.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Sawrey, 'Let's Go', acrylic on canvas copy\" class=\"wp-image-52549 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Sawrey, 'Let's Go', acrylic on canvas copy\" class=\"wp-image-52549 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-480x378.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Lets-Go-acrylic-on-canvas-copy.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Katy Sawrey, &#8216;Let&#8217;s Escape&#8217;, acrylic on canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<em>The sea has always been a teacher for landscape artists; they come to the coast to learn the colour of the air and the secrets of the fog.\u2019&nbsp;<\/em> &#8211; Claude Monet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katy often mixes sand into the paint for a rich texture and to deepen the connection with the reality of the landscapes which inspire her artwork.&nbsp; Again, such a creative composition of sharply-defined shapes to depict the natural lines where land meets sea and sky in <em>Storm on the Horizon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Sawrey, 'Storm on the Horizon', acrylic on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52550 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Sawrey, 'Storm on the Horizon', acrylic on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52550 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas-480x378.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Katy-Sawrey-Storm-on-the-Horizon-acrylic-on-canvas.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Katy Sawrey, &#8216;Storm on the Horizon&#8217;, acrylic on canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Madeleine Gardiner <\/strong>spent many childhood holidays in North Berwick and in the Scottish Highlands, around the lochs of the West coast. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018Wild spaces, memory and atmosphere are key areas in my work. Light is my primary focus, recreating the ways in which it alters depth, in continual pursuit of immersion through paint and process.\u2019 <\/em>Madeleine Gardiner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A hazy mizzle envelops the heather-carpeted moorland of the low Lammermuir Hills, bathed in a faint gleam of sunlight.&nbsp;The late, great Italian composer, Gian Carlo Menotti lived for many years until his death, aged 95, near the foot of the Lammermuirs, inspired by \u2018<em>the peace and damp tranquillity<\/em>\u2019 of the countryside.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas--1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"Madeleine Gardiner, 'Lammermuir Mist', oil on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52552 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas--1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"Madeleine Gardiner, 'Lammermuir Mist', oil on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52552 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas--1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas--480x355.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas--150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas--768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Lammermuir-Mist-oil-on-canvas-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Madeleine Gardiner, &#8216;Lammermuir Mist&#8217;, oil on canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A swirling, smudged mass of rain clouds and splashing surf in <em>Autumn Storm, <\/em>with thick impasto-layered oils in a ice-cool colour palette clearly dramatises the elemental force of this wild, wet weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas-1024x1025.jpg\" alt=\"Madeleine Gardiner, 'Autumn Storm', oil on box canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52551 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas-1024x1025.jpg\" alt=\"Madeleine Gardiner, 'Autumn Storm', oil on box canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52551 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas-1024x1025.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Autumn-Storm-oil-on-box-canvas.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Madeleine Gardiner, &#8216;Autumn Storm&#8217;, oil on box canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel north to the Outer Hebrides and a tranquil day at <em>Luskentyre,<\/em> Isle of Harris, with its long curving beach of soft golden sand.&nbsp;Delicate, fluid flashes of grey-blue and buttermilk across the sky are echoed in the glossy, glassy water with atmospheric luminosity.&nbsp;Gardiner\u2019s painterly observations offer a physical sense of place as well as the emotional response of being there in that moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas--1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"Madeleine Gardiner, 'Luskentyre Horizon II', oil on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52553 lazyload\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas--1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"Madeleine Gardiner, 'Luskentyre Horizon II', oil on canvas\" class=\"wp-image-52553 lazyload\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas--1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas--480x355.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas--150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas--768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Madeleine-Gardiner-Luskentyre-Horizon-II-oil-on-canvas-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Madeleine Gardiner, &#8216;Luskentyre Horizon II&#8217;, oil on canvas<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018My current practice explores how to recreate the Scottish landscape, drawn to the edge of the land through my love of outdoor swimming. The watery surfaces play, reflect and refract land, water and sky into a simplified study of line, shape and colour.\u2019 <\/em>&#8211; Connie Liebschner&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connie Liebschner<\/strong> is influenced by French Impressionism as well as the Romantic artists Turner and Friedrich who sought to depict nature as a <em>\u2018divine creation, to be set against the artifice of human civilisation\u2019<\/em>.&nbsp;More than just sketching <em>en plein air,<\/em> Connie enjoys cold-water swimming, to immerse herself physically within the landscape. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Katrine Heather,<\/em> the steep rocky hill with patches of purple flowers is reflected in watery streaks on the calm surface of the loch; the richly-textured, mixed media of acrylic, ink and gesso soften the rough terrain with a misty, mystical light.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel--1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Liebschner, 'Katrine Heather', acrylic, gesso, ink on panel\" class=\"wp-image-52547 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel--1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Liebschner, 'Katrine Heather', acrylic, gesso, ink on panel\" class=\"wp-image-52547 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel--1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel--480x362.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel--150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel--768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Katrine-Heather-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Connie Liebschner, &#8216;Katrine Heather&#8217;, acrylic, gesso, ink on panel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The thorny shrub, <em>Gorse<\/em> flourishes with yellow blossom across northern Scotland from Easter for at least nine months, described in an old proverb: \u2018<em>When gorse&nbsp;is out of bloom, kissing is out of season<\/em>.\u2019&nbsp;Here is a most evocative perspective stretching down a long loch surrounded by gold-tinted hills shining in the bright sun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Liebschner, 'Gorse', acrylic, gesso, ink on panel\" class=\"wp-image-52545 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Liebschner, 'Gorse', acrylic, gesso, ink on panel\" class=\"wp-image-52545 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-480x347.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Gorse-acrylic-gesso-ink-on-panel.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Connie Liebschner, &#8216;Gorse&#8217;, acrylic, gesso, ink on panel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Observing this isolated, rugged Highland environment, Liebschner captures her personal experience of the wild beauty, solitude and stillness with surreal vision. Evoking the bitter winter chill in the air, geological line and shape, <em>Hillside Ice<\/em> is meticulously composed with cool, crisp clarity; a dark, moody, lyrical landscape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Liebschner, 'Hillside Ice', acrylic, ink, gesso on panel\" class=\"wp-image-52546 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Connie Liebschner, 'Hillside Ice', acrylic, ink, gesso on panel\" class=\"wp-image-52546 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel--480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel--150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Connie-Liebschner-Hillside-Ice-acrylic-ink-gesso-on-panel-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Connie Liebschner, &#8216;Hillside Ice&#8217;, acrylic, ink, gesso on panel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gallery supports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ownart.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Own Art<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;finance scheme, which makes purchasing artworks more affordable through payment by instalments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With thanks to Vivien Devlin<\/em> <em>for this review.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Review<\/i><\/b>: Four Artists explore a deconstructed world of liminal space and boundary lines in \u2018Beyond This Horizon\u2019 at Graystone Gallery in 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