Jan Shand
I was born in the Highlands of Scotland and it is to this source that I often return for inspiration. Now living in London, my trips back to the Highlands are an opportunity to rediscover the landscape of my childhood.
These paintings are about landscape and memory. They are my response to being there and to not being there. They are as much about the weather and season as the place depicted, because these elements cannot be separated, and one place can be the source of many paintings.
Jan Shand
No. 4
No. 5
Low tide
My work is a response to standing in a place of great natural beauty and trying to capture and share the powerful impression that these places have had on me.
Jan Shand
Towards the sea
The paintings evolve from a collection of photographs both old and new, drawings, stones, driftwood, words, and thoughts, and each piece takes a journey of its own within the studio.
The work hangs between the literal and abstract, creating a sense of place rather than an exact translation of the landscape.
Jan Shand