My watercolours
In 2020 I exhibited my first major collection of paintings at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh in a show entitled ’Nature Assembled’.
The exhibition was a record and celebration of the native flora, rocks and landscape near the River Spey and plants from my former garden in Edinburgh, along with shoreline finds from North Uist and the North Norfolk coast. My next major series of watercolours will be exhibited at The Scottish Gallery in April 2023.
Here’s a short film made while preparing for ‘Nature Assembled’…
“... in these works, stylised pattern and nature are not separated, but completely intertwined. Forms flow, and seem to grow, just as they do in nature. Her imagery is utterly distinctive... it is a distillation of the underlying structure of feathers, flowers, seedheads, branches and grasses, and the rhythms that they form as they move in the wind.”
My next exhibition of watercolours, Wild Garden
In April 2023, I’ll be exhibiting a collection of around 50 new watercolours at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh.
The paintings featured in ‘Wild Garden’ draw their inspiration from the wildflowers found in the landscape around my Scottish studio and the plants cultivated at home. These are often combined in still-life compositions which incorporate my growing collection of ceramics.
Situated in such a wild landscape, the land around the cottage is left relatively untouched, creating a link with the views beyond. Closer to the house and studio, more cultivated planting enhances the sense of a dwelling place.
I’ll be sharing further news of the exhibition early in 2023. You can register your interest in the new paintings here.
“Angie Lewin’s ‘Wild Garden’ promises to lift our spirits and remind us of the solace in nature with her infinite variations of foliage, colour and form. Lewin’s compositions have become more sophisticated with each passing year, her growing skill as a craftsman painter combining her intimate knowledge and love of plants.”
