Artist statement
‘Wherever we go, on our travels, what we encounter, we take a little piece of something with us; a patchwork of landscapes. For me, my memories of places and experiences evolve into fragments of colour, form and texture.
The central theme of this collection of work focuses on the meaning of home. My memories and emotions of place create a sense of familiarity and belonging. Colours, textures and moods are deeply infused in my art and represent a tapestry of homecomings.’
Biography
Erraid Gaskell is a contemporary landscape artist. Her vivid landscapes do not copy Nature, but rather explore intense experience and dreaming through memory and imagination, creating form and a sense of place. Her paintings can be placed at the intersection of landscape and dreamscape. Erraid uses a wide range of materials such as acrylic, pastel, collage and oil.
Erraid was born in Perth, Scotland, in 1997 and spent her childhood growing up on the Black Isle. Her adolescence was spent between Perthshire and Dhaka (Bangladesh). She has also lived in Australia as well as travelling extensively. Now based back in Scotland (Edinburgh) her work is informed by her travels and her experiences of different cultures – from cities to the Outback. As such, Erraid considers herself to be a person of many different places – and this is reflected in her work
From 2016 to 2020, she trained and graduated from Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, specialising in Fine Art. Since graduating, Erraid has successfully established her art practice and paints from her home studio in Edinburgh.
She is currently being represented by galleries across the UK.
Thompson’s Galleries (London) The Whitehouse Gallery (Kirkcudbright), The Strathearn Gallery (Crieff) and Green Gallery (Stirlingshire).
website: www.erraidgaskellart.co.uk
email: erraidgaskell.art@gmail.com
phone: 07706 701064
