“Artist Lesley Wildman creates textile landscapes that teeter on the abstract by stretching yarn straight over canvas. Together the lines create extraordinary seascapes and evocative countryside, both gentle and stark, through the seasons. Some show striking dark forests and reflections of awe-inspiring sunsets in icy lakes as long shadows stretch into darkness; others celebrate the softer beauty of lavender field and fresh green grass or sculpt the occasional mist settled in the curves the Cotswolds.

As you pass a picture of the sea, light catches the occasional lines of silver giving the illusion that the waves are moving towards you as the sunlight dances lightly across their tips.”

Esther Lafferty – OX Magazine, November 2019: