Perfumed Sky

Following a trip to China in 2018, Hermione created a new series of work inspired by the limestone mountains rising out of the Li and Yulong rivers in the south of the country. These pictures are transformed as a series of overlapping snapshots of reflections or mountain landscapes. Although dreamlike, the shapes of the mountains are derived accurately from drawings made at the time.

In Perfumed Sky Hermione aims to capture the memory and feeling of the landscape. Playing with shapes drawn from the natural world, she creates a dreamlike scene that captures the sensation of a journey through a moving landscape, within which there are echoes of many places.

Hermione paints directly onto a birch plywood box panel. The sides are 3.8cm deep and the sides are brushed using an ‘ombre’ technique to reflect the mood and colour in the painting itself. As seen from different angles, the painting takes on a sculptural form.