Erraid Gaskell: One to Watch

This new body of work reflects a life lived between places. From a childhood shaped by open countryside, through the intensity and movement of Dhaka, the vast, elemental landscapes of Australia, and now the architectural rhythms of Edinburgh, my experience of place has never been singular. These environments overlap within me, forming an inner geography that continues to surface through paint.

 

(above) Erraid Gaskell, Amber Fields and Glowing Lights, Acrylic and tissue paper on canvas, 39 x 39 inches

 

Rather than depicting specific locations, the paintings bring these worlds together into dreamlike landscapes where the natural and the built coexist. Fields stretch across the surface while fragments of architecture emerge below, dissolving the boundaries between memory and imagination. Windows recur throughout the work as quiet, luminous forms - symbols of longing, inner life, and the spaces we look through when imagining elsewhere.

 

The solitary croft that appears on distant horizons acts as a recurring motif of belonging. It is not tied to one country or time, but represents the idea of home as something carried rather than fixed - a presence that endures across movement, distance, and change. Ultimately, this series invites the viewer into an interior landscape - a space where memory, place, and emotion merge. It is an exploration of what it means to belong everywhere and nowhere at once, and of the quiet beauty found in the spaces in between.

 

Erraid Gaskell: One to Watch

27th January - 6th February 2026

Thompson's Gallery London