'It's unsurprising that the English landscape forms an important thread throughout my work. While I work in different genres, landscape is always the touchstone for my painterly exploration. If there is a common feature that runs through my landscape work it is theatricality; playing with extraordinary lighting, moods and exaggeration.'
Nick Heap's paintings of the past couple of years explore the intense vibrancy and spiritual energy of the Cotswolds, the environment, the quality of light and emotive atmospheric moods. Encompassing figurative and abstract painting on both a small and large scale, his work exudes energy and joy in the natural world, along with a sense of the mystery, stillness and secrets that lie beyond what our eyes normally see.