P006 Elizabeth Gourlay Each successive painting took on

Each successive painting took on its own identity completely apart from the source materials

who uses a variety of mediums to create lyrical

The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the same time a transparency is created that allows the viewer to enter through the lines onto the painted surface

After enduring Increasing hardships

and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution

P006 Elizabeth Gourlay Each successive painting took onThis work captures the emotive qualities of the Scottish landscape through a reductive technique. The artist uses a systematically derived palette, eliminating all brush marks via a subtractive process where paint is often removed. This creates ethereal surfaces that appear luminous, compelling the viewer to focus entirely on the chromatic field and its conceptual depth.