This exhibition of monumental oil on canvas paintings and small works on paper by artist Beatrice Hasell-McCosh takes inspiration from the Cumbrian garden she grew up in, with paintings based on flowers grown and seasonal changes during 2020 lockdown.

"During 2020 I drew comfort from the routine of making small watercolour sketches in the garden. As humans shrunk away from each other the reassuring continuity and cycle of nature became completely absorbing to me. Over a period of 6 months I watched and drew from the same spots continuously seeing plants grow up, crowd together (in antithesis to human society) blooming and dying and being replaced with the new."
- Beatrice Hasell-McCosh

Beatrice Hasell-McCosh‘s work uses natural form and the tradition of landscape painting as the lens to explore emotional themes, identity linked to place and human connection. With a degree in English and Classics reading widely around a subject is central to her practice. The titles of each large work reference literature, pop culture, song lyrics and art history.

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