Connie Liebschner

" I am a visual artist focused on the interaction of light, space, and perception within the Scottish landscape. My work examines how light changes scenes and the limitations of capturing these changes through a camera lens or artist's panel. This understanding shapes my approach to representing the landscape.

In my practice, I use a layered technique to guide the viewer’s eye toward specific focal points, while allowing peripheral elements to remain deliberately hazy. Much of my inspiration comes from my experiences swimming outside, immersing myself within the landscape.

I transform these watery environments into reflective paintings using layers of gesso, inks, and acrylics to recreate the contrasting textures found in nature. My compositions emphasise line, and boundary along with visceral colour, and are influenced by both the grandeur of the German Sublime and the introspective qualities of Romanticism. Additionally, I draw on the writings of post-modern photographic theorists like Roland Barthes and Walter Benjamin to question the need for authentic, human made artworks in an ever more digital world."