Painting Places that Matter

I wrapped up a big batch of commissions recently, and the studio feels strangely empty without them now.

For a while there, I had paintings heading to Scotland, the US, and around New Zealand all sitting around the room at once. It’s always slightly surreal painting places I’ve never been, while also painting places that feel familiar to me because of my own work.

I spend so much of my time painting places connected to my own hikes, travels, and experiences already, so I think that’s why commissions fit so naturally into my practice. At the core of both is really just someone trying to hold onto a place that mattered to them.

That part always feels familiar to me, even when the landscape itself isn’t.

I like seeing the different ways people connect to landscapes too. The places that stay with people. The places they want hanging in their homes, years after they’ve left them.

There’s something really nice about getting to spend time painting those kinds of places for people.

If you’d like to capture a favourite place in paint too, you can find more information about commissions here.