Path, Green Light in the Harz Forest, Oil on Wood Panel, 91 x 91 cm, £2,750
“Memories and emotions that become attached to places lead me to the landscapes that I choose to paint. Atmosphere and ‘stories’ connected to the landscapes are as important as the aesthetics. I view landscapes almost as backdrops to the events that may happen within. My aim is to capture the essence of a place, reducing the ‘unnecessary’ detail in favour of capturing the feel and fundamental quiddity of each landscape. I am drawn to trees within landscapes; in particular the duality between their natural beauty and their darker side, as to be found in many fairy tales…this contrast continues to fascinate me. I find woodlands and forests simultaneously beautiful and uncanny in equal measures, and I aim to portray in my work these two contrasting qualities.”
Study for ‘The Trees’ I, Oil on Wood Panel, 20 x 20 cm, £375 
Study for ‘The Trees’ II, Oil on Wood Panel, 20 x 20 cm, £375
A Corner of Eaton Park, Oil on Wood Panel, 25 x 25 cm, £545 
Winter Broad, Oil on Wood Panel, 25 x 25 cm, £395 
Thetford Forest, Liminal Series III, Oil on Wood Panel, 40 x 40 cm, £845
Thetford Forest, Liminal Series I, Oil on Wood Panel, 40 x 40 cm, £845
Norwich Walks, Riverside near Bishop Bridge, Oil on Wood Panel, 25 x 25 cm, £545 
Pine Banks, Norwich, Oil on Paper, 24 x 24.5 cm, £445 
Norwich Walks, Water Tower II, Oil on Wood Panel, 25 x 25 cm, £515
Early Morning Rocklands Landscape, Oil on Gessoed Board, 18 x 24 cm, £375 
Into the Woods (Reflections), Oil on Canvas, 40 cm x 40 cm, £695
Ruth Bunnewell graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Norwich School of Art and Design in 2004. She has since exhibited extensively in Norfolk, Suffolk and London. Along with being featured in the Wall Street International in the article Abstracting the Landscape (2015) Ruth’s work was also highlighted as “…putting a contemporary spin on traditional British landscape painting” in the June issue of House and Garden, the same year.
Capturing a mood is central to her technique, inspired by the films of David Lynch, much of the work is underpinned by underlying geometry and subtle abstraction. Working from her own photographs she produces paintings that are studies in form, colour, texture and light, the contrast between the wide open spaces of the landscape, and the tight, dark, density of groups of trees.