Wide Open to Wonder | Shona Mackenzie

Mixed Media with Acrylic | Unframed
Dimensions: 1205mm x 1205mm

Wide Open to Wonder captures Shona Mackenzie’s deep connection to the landscape and the fleeting moments found when we are fully present in nature. Layers of expressive mark-making, rich colour and mixed media shift between abstraction and suggested landforms, creating a landscape that feels both remembered and imagined.

Luminous and immersive, the work invites us to slow down, look closer and remain open to the quiet wonder of the natural world.

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About Shona's Work

My work is heavily influenced by the beauty of our fragile world and my deep rooted connection to the land. As a visual hoarder I am forever noticing and squirrelling away, those special moments found when you are completely present out in nature. This has been a lifelong occupation and obsession.

Always working in a series, I begin with energetic and expressive marks allowing my chosen media to do their thing. Subsequent layers of acrylic and mixed media develop in response to those first marks. A (mostly) quiet conversation with the canvas ensues and is informed by observation, memory and emotion. Eventually comes the point where through analysis I seek to balance these abstract layers with suggested landforms and interpret the stories that are making themselves heard.