THE ALHAMBRA, GRANADA Painting

Kirsty Wain is a contemporary British painter based in Spain, whose work explores the profound emotional connections between soul, place, and destiny. Her vivid, expressive paintings—rooted in post-impressionism and inspired by the bold colors and emotional freedom of Fauvism—translate natural landscapes and everyday still life into deeply personal, intuitive visual experiences. Living in the sun-drenched regions of Andalucía and the Costa Blanca, Wain finds endless inspiration in the Mediterranean landscape. Her expressive depictions of olive groves, Jacaranda trees, fruit orchards, and coastal vistas reflect a reverence for nature and a sense of place charged with memory and spirit. These landscapes, while grounded in real geography, are rendered through layers of textured paint and fearless color, inviting the viewer into moments of stillness, reflection, and energy. Equally compelling are her still life flower paintings, where influences of Van Gogh, Matisse, and David Hockney are particularly apparent. In these works, vibrant floral arrangements burst with vitality and movement, their bold contours and saturated palettes echoing the modernist and postmodern traditions while remaining distinctly her own. Like her landscapes, these still lifes are less about representation and more about emotional resonance—capturing the essence of beauty in transient forms. Wain’s recent work shows a marked turn toward Fauvist expression, where color is liberated from realism and used instead to evoke mood, memory, and identity. Her practice celebrates the natural world not only as subject but as a mirror of the inner self—painting as both reflection and release. Her paintings are held in private collections worldwide, admired for their emotional honesty, luminous colour, and poetic sense of place.