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Joe Kneale explores what inspires some of Britain’s fi nest countryside art sts


ere at The Countryside Experience we laud all things country, so we’re ignoring the


oft-celebrated cultural delights of the city, and focusing instead on art created in Britain’s green and pleasant lands. Britain’s country artists off er some unique work and here we focus on – moving from Dorset to Scotland (via Suff olk) – Simon Gudgeon, Ben Hoskyns and Sam MacDonald, examining their inspirations and looking at how you can see their work for yourself. Sculptor, Sam MacDonald (sam-macdonald.


co.uk), who trained at Camberwell School of Arts before returning to his Scottish homeland, uses metal to imbue those fl eeting moments of nature with some permanence. Only metal is suitable to render the fi sh that so transfi x MacDonald. It is “engineered for speed, hard and glinting” and, after MacDonald’s manipulation, is scarred and marked


A LIFE IN BRONZE Sam MacDonald’s metalwork art is expertly crafted


AWARD-WINNING SCULPTOR Hamish Mackie creates unique pieces inspired by his travels abroad and the countryside around him. In-depth research of animal behaviour, anatomy and dynamics give his sculptures a real sense of ‘Life in Bronze’. Studio open by appointment, commissions welcome. hamishmackie.com


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with the same imperfections as the fi sh that have enthralled him since his youth. Growing up around water, a fi sh’s ability to move with freedom in three dimensions, as if fl ying, is something that MacDonald envies. His fi shing adventures around the world bestow upon him the infl uence he needs to create work that at once displays the dynamism and variety of marine life, while also managing to capture the serenity felt when out in the natural world, that “very private moment shared between man and nature”. Despite his enviable success, he is modest when talking about his desire to capture the aesthetic beauty of saltwater game fi sh, comparing it to the pursuit of a grand slam as “improbable but very rewarding”. His work has been cast far and wide. It can be


seen at the House of Bruar, just north of Pitlochry, Scotland and at Lympstone Manor, Exmouth. Pallington in Dorset is where Simon Gudgeon’s


varied and fascinating sculptures are on display at Sculpture by the Lakes (sculpturebythelakes.co.uk), a 26-acre landscaped park painstakingly designed to create a perfect marriage of the aesthetics of each artwork with its surroundings. What could be a better antidote to the white-walled sterility of most art galleries than viewing Gudgeon’s works against the beautiful backdrop of Dorset? Famous for his depictions of birds in fl ight, Gudgeon’s sculptures are borne from “a shape, a movement, or an emotion” entering his mind. Due


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with a little hare in watercolour paints on calico fabric, her style suddenly took on a vibrancy and enchanting feel she had been waiting for. She created her fi rst designs and booked a local country show and hasn’t looked back since. She now brings characters to life that are an instant hit with customers, who have such an emotional reaction to her heart- warming scenes. Sarah’s artwork is extra personal as she writes


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