Artist’s Statement 

My painting is landscape-based, but it asks questions about our human connections within the world. It is grounded in my island home of Guernsey, but considers universal issues linked to the notion of contested landscapes. This taps into the social, political, and geographic - the conflict between the natural world and the ‘manmade, and to personal and collective memory and identity.

I’m interested in the phenomenological and metaphysical in relation to art, and how it connects to the embodied senses, emotions and physical being. Landscape is not presented as a picturesque view but as immersive. The focus is often on the fragility of life, both human and non-human.

Drawing in the landscape is often a starting point. It makes me think about past events that have shaped the environment, the people and stories, and the sense of place. I also draw on the archive to illuminate the work.

In the studio, I paint intuitively in oil, falling somewhere between figuration and abstraction, enjoying the tensions that this can create. Colour is central to my work in creating a sense of space and place.

A work is complete when it feels emotionally charged and autonomous, but resists an instantaneous reading, inviting the viewer to make their own connections.

Artist’s Bio

Fiona Richmond (b. Guernsey, Channel Islands) is a painter and visual artist living and working in Guernsey. She has had solo exhibitions in Guernsey and Stockton on Tees, and has been included in group exhibitions at the Gate House Gallery, the George Crossan Gallery and the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery. In 2021 she was awarded the Guernsey Arts Open Prize.

She is part of Split Collective which is a group of painters and sculptors who met through Turps Art School in 2024/25.

Fiona holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Art (Fine Art) and Art History from Middlesex University.