Landscape in Mind

This collection of paintings and prints are inspired both by recollection and direct observation of the landscape.

Linda Looker's works entitled Estuary convey the quality of a hazy bright day, and are divided in a simple yet harmonious style.

Wielding arresting proportions in her piece Fen Yellows, Jane Sanger uses focused illumination to help ensure the sky and land fuse. A fence provides the only perspective reference in this semi-abstract piece.

I loved the fact the co-ordinates of David Gallant's photographs form the title of each piece, so you can purchase the work then share the experience! The series of shots including a Bedouin tent, derelict house, rocky scrubland and snow-capped mountain could be proofs for a brochure promoting inhospitable locations.

Sister Deirdre Corfe uses bold surface textures expressively. Observation Point, a landscape by this Carmelite nun, evokes the effect of the passage of sunlight through clouds.

I particularly admired the compelling linearity with which Seas Edge by Martin Battye suggests dark coastal mud flats, the samphire beds indicated as a blur of green. The acrylic surface is heavily underscored to reveal sparkles of sand-like quartz, bringing a dynamic light to the composition.

t Landscape in Mind continues to March 7. The Grapevine Gallery is at 109 Unthank Road, Norwich, open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5.30pm, Sunday 10am-4pm. Telephone 01603 760660.