Cathy Wagstaff

My atmospheric paintings are a contemporary interpretation of light, capturing a sense of scale and the vastness and beauty of the natural world. This has the power to lift your spirits.

I try to convey the essence, the vastness of the wild places I travel through.

The sky is my constant source of inspiration. I play with different ways to paint what it makes me feel, sometimes in a simplified, abstracted way, sometimes a more literal rendition of a place.

What I aim to convey with all my art material, whether in a sketchbook or on canvas, is my love of wide-open space. In short, how essential the beauty of the natural world is to the soul.

My devotion to the light is a metaphor for hope, although that’s not how I set out to paint. It’s simpler than that: I paint what I love.

French-born, I have lived in numerous locations throughout Europe and Scotland before establishing myself in Highland Perthshire 20 years ago.