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Painter Susie Monnington and composer Howard Moody collaborate to present new paintings alongside a live premiere of chamber music, inspired by their time together wandering the beaches of the Outer Hebrides.
Susie has spent a year in her studio developing a new collection of evocative abstract paintings titled A Thin Place, which will be launched in September as part of Artwave. Susie strives in her work to create a sense of otherness, a feeling of being neither here nor there, a detached space in-between, that the Celts call a thin place where heaven and earth collide.
Howard’s new composition Variations on Luskentyre reflects Susie’s paintings. Based on an original melody that haunted his inner ear whilst walking the Hebridean shores, this unique performance involves six top professional musicians.
Anna Cooper - violin, Nick Cooper - cello, Annette Isserlis - viola, George Sleightholme - clarinet, Piers Adams - recorder, Howard Moody - keyboard
The paintings and live performance will come together in the intimacy of their beautiful home, architecturally inspired by Scotland and the Scottish influenced Arts and Crafts movement.