Eric Cruikshank
2025 Upcoming Artist-in-Residence • Painter
“The works operate as a bridge between abstraction and representation – distinct yet inseparable, continuously emerging and receding.”
This artist’s work delves into the emotive essence of place, moving beyond literal representation to explore the interplay of landscape, memory, and possibility. Inspired by the Scottish landscape, a carefully chosen palette reveals picture planes that reimagine the everyday. By inviting viewers to see the familiar anew, the artist creates a connection between design, structure, and the spirit of place.
Through meticulous layering and subtraction techniques, the artist achieves surfaces of refined balance, free of brush marks. Subtle gradations and shifting hues evoke sensations of time and memory, encouraging quiet contemplation. These open colorfields provide space for personal interpretation, blending abstraction and representation to create a profound dialogue between viewer and landscape.
This residency is supported by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.
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Eric Cruikshank
2025 Upcoming Artist-in-Residence • Painter
“The works operate as a bridge between abstraction and representation – distinct yet inseparable, continuously emerging and receding.”
This artist’s work delves into the emotive essence of place, moving beyond literal representation to explore the interplay of landscape, memory, and possibility. Inspired by the Scottish landscape, a carefully chosen palette reveals picture planes that reimagine the everyday. By inviting viewers to see the familiar anew, the artist creates a connection between design, structure, and the spirit of place.
Through meticulous layering and subtraction techniques, the artist achieves surfaces of refined balance, free of brush marks. Subtle gradations and shifting hues evoke sensations of time and memory, encouraging quiet contemplation. These open colorfields provide space for personal interpretation, blending abstraction and representation to create a profound dialogue between viewer and landscape.
This residency is supported by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.
