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Lyndsey Redford - Skiology

Private view: Friday 3 February, 5 - 7.30pm
31 January - 11 February

Lyndsey Redford presents a solo show of new paintings of landscapes where the human figure is often subordinate to the immensity of the geographical world in which it is depicted. The exhibition will include several large-scale oil on canvas paintings of Scottish ski slopes.

“My paintings are of landscapes with human habitation or signs of it, they are frequently sparse and the scale of human presence small in comparison to these vast open spaces. I am interested in why landscapes solicit the emotional responses that they do, and one of the fascinating aspects of the ski slopes is the ever changing levels of visibility and deceptive emptiness that contrast with portals of
crystal clarity and high-speed activity.”

In order to depict ethereal qualities such as the vibrations within light or the presence of moisture within air, Lyndsey restricts herself to a simple palette. The repetition of looking again and again at a particular location helps her to create the overall impression of the strange surreal atmosphere of the activities and locations.

Lyndsey was shortlisted for the Threadneedle Painting Prize 2011, was awarded The RSA Painting Prize and The Maclaine Watters medal 2011, and won The RSA New Contemporaries Award 2010.