Three Nature related Art Exhibitions

 

I found the time today to visit the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh's Dundas Street. The main exhibition featured the beautiful landscapes and floral paintings of Swiss born Pascale Rentsch, now based in East Lothian. You can see the paintings from the exhibition on the gallery's website, but as with most art, they really gain from being viewed in a gallery. She has a wonderful way of capturing light and a slightly abstract approach that conveys the moody Scottish weather and landscapes very well. The exhibition also includes a small display of Rentsch's art tools and materials and a short video of her talking about her practice. There's another slightly longer video on the homepage of her website. 

Downstairs in the Gallery is an exhibition celebrating 20 Years of the St Judes design studio and publisher This features various works from artists associated with St Judes. I particularly liked this collaged bunny and other collages and fabrics from Mark Hearld and the linoprints of Angie Lewin. Alongside this exhibition are other works from artists and crafters not associated with St Judes, including willow sculptures from Lizzie Farey, and ceramics from Katie B Morgan, Terry Shone and Jill Fanshaw Kato. 

The gallery also has a lovely garden at the back, though the photo above is from my last visit to the gallery. You can see more photos of the gallery garden in this post. 

I also popped into Stockbridge Library to see the Painting with Plants exhibition by Julie Galante. This lovely little exhibition is probably not best served by being tucked away at the back of the library with chairs and other library furniture being arranged in front of it, making it difficult to get a really good view of the art. The paintings are lovely, featuring inks made from over 100 species of plants, including foraged plants and food leftovers (such as onion skins). 

All these exhibitions are on until 28 June.  

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Meanwhile, over on Substack, I've posted the third of the series of posts about The Wildlife Trusts' 30 Days Wild campaign. You can read it here.