Heidrun Rathgeb @ John Martin Gallery

North of the Sun, is an exhibition based on Heidrun Rathgeb’s time spent at artist residencies in Hardanger Fjord, Norway. Finding inspiration in what she describes as “the poetry of a fleeting moment”, her luminous egg-tempera paintings evoke the extraordinary light of the summer landscape, as well as the evocative details of life in the remote cabins she used on long winter hikes. Rathgeb’s richly coloured paintings give permanence to these most intimate and tender moments, an innocent delight in the beauty of solitude as much as the joy of companionship.