The landscape for Kirsten Elswood, feels like a homecoming. They are often places of earthy darkness: a dense wood, a moorland den, a mossy grove. These landscapes give Kirsten an opportunity to explore a high contrast of light and dark: the way that light filters through close packed leaves and branches, casting dramatic shadows and allowing the viewer darts of brightness. For as much as the landscape is a comfort, there is a darkness in its wilderness. The clouds rumble in, the light fades, a storm brews.

Kate Reeve-Edwards

(Cultural Capital Arts)