Natalie Cairns
StatementI use photography to explore the quiet tension between beauty and stillness, presence and absence. For The Big Art Show, I’m presenting images of natural landscapes—moments where light, texture, and space speak more than words. My work is rooted in a sense of noticing: the way fog softens a treeline, how shadows stretch across a field, or how a moment of still water can hold something unknowable.
These scenes are real, but also emotional—they hold memory, solitude, sometimes even unease. I’m drawn to places that feel just slightly off-centre, where the natural world feels like it’s holding its breath. Through photography, I try to capture that in-between feeling: not quite comfort, not quite disturbance, but something quietly alive.
This work reflects how I experience the world—sensitive to the shifts in light, in weather, in mood. I want viewers to pause, to look closer, and to maybe feel something stir beneath the surface.
CountryRenfrewshire
