Swampscene
Swampscene is one of a trio of landscape paintings that present three differing views of the mangrove swamp – a space of beauty and reverence, whose tangled roots and dense canopy present moments of quiet contemplation. While the mangrove forest offers an inspiring subject for McCann, her abstract canvases do not shy away from the fact that these environments are increasingly under threat. Evidenced by the unmistakable appearance of survey marker batons, the ubiquitous day-glow streamers signal the precarious status of land whose impending destruction has already been earmarked.
About the Artist
Linda McCann
Linda McCann is a full-time artist working and living between Dublin and Grand Cayman. She returned to study fine art as a mature student at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and was awarded Fine Art Student of the Year and the National University of Ireland Award for Excellence. McCann has exhibited throughout Ireland, most notably at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Hang Tough and The Visual, Carlow. She has also been published in the Irish Arts Review and was written about by Niall Macmonagle for the Irish Independent. Primarily working as a painter, her work often incorporates ink, acrylic and oil paint in layers that both hide and reveal a history of washes and mark-making. Her practice represents an investigation into the physical dimension of painting, as well as the less attractive stages of the creative process. Her work was recently featured at the National Gallery in Conversations with the Past in the Present Tense: 3rd Cayman Islands Biennial (2023) and is held in NGCI’s permanent collection.
