'HOPE'
My new solo exhibition opens 14th June 2025
Morningside Gallery, 94 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4BY
Gallery opening times 10am - 5pm daily
Still Water, Ballachulish | 60 X 120cm | Oil on canvas
BACKGROUND TO THE SHOW
The only way to depict light within a painting is to describe the corresponding shadow. One of my favourite quotes of any artist is Matisse when he said, ‘I don’t paint things I paint the difference between things’.
In February this year my mum passed away. Her middle name was Hope, my daughter’s middle name is Hope. I try to describe colour, light, energy, dynamism, joy, Hope, honesty and integrity in my paintings. What I recently realised is that for 25 years, I’ve been trying to convey the spirit of my mum.
Once someone is gone, we’re only left with their spirit; their memory and influence that they leave. It’s no longer material. What I hope to do with this exhibition is materialise the spirit of my mum - Lorna Hope Naismith.
Hope's Rising Light | 100 x 100cm | Oil & acrylic on canvas
Gaia's Glow I | 100 x 100cm | Oil on canvas
Gaia's Glow II | 100 x 100cm | Oil on canvas
'Hope' | 100 x 150cm | Oil on canvas