Connie Liebschner

By layering the image, I create depth that enables the viewer to be absorbed through focussed segments of interest, along with more peripheral, hazy areas.

Connie Liebschner is interested in how two-dimensional images can capture immersive spaces by using multiple layers, viewpoints, and opacities. Liebschner studied a BA Fine Art at Loughborough University where she became interested in how digital mediums can be translated and compared to handmade productions. Following this, she worked as a print tutor for Leicester Print Workshop and enjoyed pushing a multiplicity of techniques. She later moved to Scotland to study for her Master in Print at Glasgow School of Art where she combined her printing knowledge with more traditional painterly techniques. Liebschner is the founding member of the G20 Artist Collective. She has work in private collections in both the UK and Europe.

“The light is constantly shifting and, therefore, altering the scene. The constraint of a camera’s lens or artist’s panel creates boundaries that do not exist if stood within real-time and space. My current practice explores how to recreate the Scottish landscape within the limitations of this knowledge. By layering the image, I create depth that enables the viewer to be absorbed through focussed segments of interest, along with more peripheral, hazy areas. I am often drawn to the edge of the land through my love of outdoor swimming.

The watery surfaces play, reflect and refract the formal segments of land, water and sky, and transform the work into a simplified study of line, shape and colour. I use translucent layers of chalky gesso, along with glossy inks and acrylics to paint, rub and scrape, mimicking the contrasting textures of the landscape.” - Connie Liebschner