“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