An exhibition of new paintings, this body of work is from a number of painting trips to the islands of Mull, Iona and Islay over the past two years.
"I love visiting and painting these islands at the best of times, but like all of us having endured various levels of lockdown during the pandemic it felt even more joyful to be back on those beautiful Hebridean beaches when we were eventually allowed to travel again. The act of painting these remarkable landscapes is for me a life-enhancing experience and I would hope that in some small way the paintings can elicit a similar response in the viewer.
In particular the exhibition is about those fleeting moments when sun, cloud, wind and weather combine to light up these very special islands lending them a sublimeness that seems otherworldly, and I have tried to capture in this body of work these transient “soul-stirring” moments."
Chris Bushe RSW (b.1958) is a Scottish land and seascape painter. His evocative oil paintings of the Hebridean Isles, the West Coast and Aberdeenshire capture the mood and condition of the places that he is most drawn to.
Chris Bushe was born in Perthshire in 1958, grew up in Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire and studied Drawing and Painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen from 1980 to 1984. He first attended the University of Edinburgh to read archaeology and ancient history prior to his Fine Art degree in Aberdeen and after graduation he worked for town planners and landscape architects in Edinburgh to support his family and cover his studio and material costs. Since becoming a full-time artist in 1996, Bushe has exhibited regularly in Edinburgh and London; his paintings in high demand. His works are held in public and private collections worldwide.
