Kaleidoscope Of Hope - Emily Powell Exhibition At Portland Gallery

Portland Gallery is delighted to announce our first solo exhibition of works by Emily Powell. The exhibition, entitled ‘Kaleidoscope of Hope’, explores all aspects of Powell’s recent artistic practice including large scale floral scenes, Scottish seascapes and intimate domestic spaces. All the paintings are united through Powell’s love of colour: “I use colour to process life. Colours are a great source of comfort to me and I want to reach out through my paintings to share that withy my audience.”

Powell’s recent trip to Catterline earlier this year was prompted by her admiration of Joan Eardley and the desire to visit her studio there and immerse herself in the same surroundings. Like Eardley before her Powell found the combination of remote isolated cottages and wild changeable
weather deeply inspiring:

“My paintings of the Catterline sea and skies capture the raw emotion I felt when I was taking in the landscape... I’ve never seen a sky like the one above Catterline; it taught me more than I thought possible and made me realise that even if I painted it for a lifetime I would never manage to capture the full breadth and depth of its beauty... The cottages reminded me very much of tea pots with a feeling of deep calm; they were small and compact and had sheltered many from storms”