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Combining painting and sculpture, both artists in this exhibition have a deep fascination with the landscape around us, how it has been shaped by previous generations and continues to impact those who inhabit it today. By distilling the essence of natural forms down to their simplest elements, both artists manage to capture the timeless quality of landscape.

About the artists

Fiona Millais

Fiona Millais paints landscape and still lifes in acrylic. She lives near Churt and much of her work is inspired by the Surrey / Hampshire landscape.

“I take inspiration from the places and objects that I love. I walk out every day with the dog and often gather additional materials, so that stones, leaves and feathers become visual reminders of my experience. I love the connection between the natural rhythms of the land and how it reflects on our presence, or the lack of it. The way that landscapes are shaped by us and our ancestors, leaving marks and echoes through time.

I usually work on several pieces at the same time, which allows me to explore ideas in a series of paintings. My canvasses are often painted and re-painted so that traces of the original images remain present, creating layers of marks, colour and interwoven history.

I studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating in 1984.

My great grandfather was the Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais.”

Lucy Lutyens

Lucy is the great great niece of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Her sculptures are made from iron resin or bronze in small editions, and can be displayed indoors or out.

“I live and work on an organic farm near Colchester in Essex. The ebbing and flowing of the generations who have lived here since the bronze age and farmed the land are a great source of inspiration to me. My work is inspired by objects and shapes I come across in my rural environment, reduced to abstracted sculptural forms that have a birdlike or botanical essence.

I trained at Colchester School of Art as a mature student and have been exhibiting for the last 10 years.

As soon as I was given some clay and made my first sculpture I knew I was a sculptor not a painter - it is all about being able to feel the piece as I work and letting it come to life of its own accord.”