To coincide, just like the last rays of light at dusk and the first moonbeam at night coincide, in an instant that it is neither day nor night, where limits blur and a whole world of possibilities is all that is left. Eric Cruikshank and Michael Craik’s spectrums, hues and shades coincide thusly, turning colour into a universe in itself and inviting the beholder to become part of it.

Born and settled in Scotland, the influence of landscape plays an important role in the conception of their works. Eric Cruikshank is inspired by the emotive qualities of place and the changes of light he perceives filter through his brushstrokes. Michael Craik’s process, in turn, shares a relationship with the rise and fall of the sea and the geological erosion resulting of it, a continuous toing and froing that finds expression in his repetitive and meditative creative process. Trails of the Scottish landscape that reverberate through the different tonalities of the paintings, in their chromatic fades and their emanating light.

Michael Craik and Eric Cruikshank invite us to become part of the work, to make it our own and let it embrace us. The artists encourage us to read them out of the quietude and stillness that radiate from these creations resulting of several months of work. A visual rhythm that dispels the everyday frenzy and invites us to set aside rush, to take a deep breath and commit a few minutes to observation and introspection. Ultimately, to recover “seeing” and not only “looking”.