Eilidh Crumlish’s work is an observation of landscape, both urban and rural, agricultural and industrial.

On the whole the paintings are based on the landscapes of Scotland and Catalonia, adopting a simplified method of representation and selective use of colour to imply a past imperfectly remembered, referring to a physically manipulated and theoretically romanticised landscape. Fragments of pattern from wallpaper, clothing and household textiles refer to the inevitable temporariness of a people’s connection to a place, the changing roles of territory as dictated by commerce, industry, war, the illusion of ownership of land and the movement of people. 

Crumlish…

Eilidh Crumlish’s work is an observation of landscape, both urban and rural, agricultural and industrial.

On the whole the paintings are based on the landscapes of Scotland and Catalonia, adopting a simplified method of representation and selective use of colour to imply a past imperfectly remembered, referring to a physically manipulated and theoretically romanticised landscape. Fragments of pattern from wallpaper, clothing and household textiles refer to the inevitable temporariness of a people’s connection to a place, the changing roles of territory as dictated by commerce, industry, war, the illusion of ownership of land and the movement of people. 

Crumlish works for the most part, with oil paint on canvas, and recently also on wood.

During a three-month residency at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, in 2005, Crumlish began painting onto constructed wooden surfaces and has since continued and developed this approach, working with the format of a hinged triptych, and with screen print on fabric, paper and wood.

Crumlish graduated from Winchester School of Art with an MA in European Fine Art. She has spent time as a resident artist at Europas Parkas in Ltihuania and has participated in several group shows in both London and Europe.