Texture Dissolves | Colour Radiate

We’re delighted to announce Eric Cruikshank’s forthcoming solo exhibition at &Gallery.

Taking landscape as a point of departure, Eric Cruikshank’s paintings move beyond literal representation to explore the emotive qualities of place. Using an objective palette rooted in the Scottish landscape, colour reveals underlying picture planes rather than describing specific sites. Grounded in structure, design, and colour harmony drawn from the everyday, the work invites viewers to reconsider the familiar as open and full of possibility.

Positioned between past and present, the paintings open a dialogue between historical and contemporary concerns. Emerging from a strong Scottish figurative tradition, Cruikshank rejects narrative, drawing instead on the legacies of Colour Field Painting and Post-Minimalist art. His practice centres on the material properties of paint, the emotive resonance of colour, and the process of painting itself. The pared-back aesthetic, realised through meticulous craft, seeks to engage the viewer in an experience beyond passive observation.