“Chasing the Light and Tracing the Tides of Ynys Mon”
Joint Exhibition with Nan Collantine through Comme Ca Art at The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, Sept - Oct 2024
Chasing the light and tracing the tides of Ynys Môn
Exhibition of paintings by Sophie Nixon and Nan Collantine
Comme Ça Gallery at The Lowry Hotel Salford
Exhibition open daily from 10am, 6 September-15 October
As light is to dark, Nixon’s dramatically lit paintings speak of distance, isolation and cinematic foreboding; Collantine feels through paint to create poetic connection between the physicality of the sea, to that of the land and the body.
Following a co-residency and exploration of the Anglesey coastline, this exhibition presents a new body of work by artists Sophie Nixon and Nan Collantine.
Throughout the residency and ongoing conversations, these two painters have responded to the topographical and atmospheric landscape of the island, centring on its position within the universal elements of sea and sky. Their paintings invite the viewer to see what they see, feel what they feel and perhaps consider what it is to be human and conscious of the wider forces governing our world.
Each artist, working with the fluidity and rich history of oil paint, imbues the medium with meaning and suggestion and together their work speaks of the dualities of human feeling; lightness and darkness, playfulness and seriousness, connection and isolation.
The paintings below are by Sophie Nixon, to view Nan’s work please go to www.nancollantine.co.uk
Above Only Sky 120 x 100 cm Oil on Canvas
Calm Before the Crowds 70x50cm Oil on Canvas SOLD
Chasing the Light 100x30 cm Oil on Canvas
Landing 30x40cm oil on canvas
"Last Light" 50x50cm oil on canvas
"Long Shadow" 30x40cm Oil on Panel
"Low Light" 30x40cm Oil on Canvas SOLD
Mill Pond 46x36cm oil on canvas
Reflection 80x80cm oil on canvas
The Bay 90x90 cm oil on canvas
Trywn Isaf 45x35 cm oil on canvas
Where the Sky Meets 35x45cm oil on canvas