{"id":55093,"date":"2025-03-12T16:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/?p=55093"},"modified":"2025-03-12T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:15:01","slug":"contrasting-views-of-land-and-sea-by-sarah-carrington-and-andrew-restall-at-the-open-eye-gallery-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/contrasting-views-of-land-and-sea-by-sarah-carrington-and-andrew-restall-at-the-open-eye-gallery-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrasting Views of Land and Sea by Sarah Carrington and Andrew Restall at the Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2018So often we find ourselves drawn to nature, to the coast, the sea, its rhythm and its power, a retreat from the bustle of the human world. The sea remains a constant escape for me.\u2019<\/em> – Sarah Carrington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this majestic collection, Coastal Light<\/em>, Sarah Carrington uses acrylic, ink, emulsion, oil and chalk to portray the changing mood and weather along the seashore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1912, the Edinburgh artist Francis Cadell regularly travelled to Iona to paint, and a few years later, wrote to his friend, Samuel Peploe, \u2018When the War is over I shall go to the Hebrides. There is something marvellous about those western seas. Oh, Iona. We must go together.\u2019 And so, from 1919, Cadell and Peploe visited each summer until 1933.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Samuel