What Makes the Landscape Paintings Stand Out in Modern Art

Summary: Modern landscape paintings blend recognisable scenery with abstraction with the help of dynamic colours. These artworks convey mood, movement, and emotion. Professional artists often incorporate mixed media in their art to add depth and texture and create visually engaging compositions. Some conceptual themes elevate these works and encourage the viewers to interpret nature through emotional, personal, and contemporary perspectives instead of literal representation. 

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Landscapes are more than a pretty and engaging picture. Today’s landscapes are powerful, refined, peaceful, and reflective. You might wonder: Why are landscape paintings important in modern art? Well, these artworks have almost become a leading trend in modern days with the depictions of real nature. Art experts have recognised what makes modern landscape paintings unique among other art forms. In this blog, we will explore what makes landscape paintings unique in modern art. 

Key Qualities of Great Modern Landscape Paintings

Let’s find it! 

Abstract Elements 

You can find abstract elements in the majority of recent modern landscape paintings as these use shapes, colours, and textures. These elements create a piece without an image-based representation. However, it creates a mystery that leaves room for subject interpretation.  

Dynamic Use of Colour 

Colours play a significant role in any kind of artwork. It can be said that unusual and bright colours are specific to the modernist abstract landscape works. The dynamic use of colours brings the whole canvas to life and effectively evokes countless emotions in return. 

Mixed Media 

A professional contemporary artist can combine a wide range of materials. These materials help them to give a sense of dimension and depth through the artwork, like using textures, paints, ink, collage, and digital elements. This approach typically allows for greater experimentation and helps the landscapes feel more layered, tactile, and visually dynamic.  

Conceptual Themes 

When you purchase contemporary landscape paintings from a reliable painting supplier, you can explore deeper conceptual themes that are beyond visual beauty and aesthetic values. These artworks typically involve urbanisation, environmentalism, and the human-nature relationship. These themes invite viewers to engage and reflect intellectually and turn landscapes into meaningful narratives. 


Look, modern landscape paintings stand apart from the innovative building of abstraction and tradition in contemporary art. These meaningful pieces are like soothing balm over your hectic life. What are you waiting for? Just bring it home today and make a good investment if you are a genuine art lover. For any queries, contact professionals today.

Why Modern Scottish Paintings are a Corporate Essential

Summary 

Modern Scottish Paintings are best for corporate spaces. They can serve a dual purpose, foster creativity, reflect the brand, and create a sense of rhythm.

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In offices across Scotland and beyond, a modest transformation is developing. The interior design in any corporate space is gradually shifting from minimalism to warmth, individuality and art. But your desire might be to create a meaningful space. 

Modern Scottish paintings shape those areas. From captivating landscapes to bold compositions, modern art can make any space attractive. Here is why this art is best for corporate spaces:

Top Reasons to Include Modern Scottish Paintings in Corporate Spaces 

The Dual Purpose 

There is a certain quality in modern Scottish art. This art comes with land, vibrant colour, and a memory that beats any painting style. Contemporary artists have evolved the representation of modern art. 

Artists produce works that echo the landscape, not replicate it. The paintings serve a dual purpose. They offer beauty in an office and create quiet moments of reflection. 

Fostering Creativity and Well-being

Blank office walls can suppress imagination. It is proven that when the office environment is enriched with art and plants, the employees can be more productive. The result? Higher levels of well-being and engagement. Modern Scottish art comes with bold compositions and vibrant colour. It provides the visual stimulation that sparks innovation. There are many psychological benefits:

  • Reduce stress and anxiety

  • Boost morale 

  • Commitment to a pleasant work environment

Create a Sense of Rhythm 

When you bring a landscape painting into a workspace, it often evokes an imagination that goes far beyond personal taste. Art tends to reveal itself slowly. When you see it daily, it unfolds in layers. 

The textures change with different moods depending on the time of day. In this way, a modern work of art shifts from a static object to an evolving presence. With a visual impact, it creates a sense of rhythm that deepens over time.

Reflecting Brand Identity and Values

Modern Scottish art is a powerful non-verbal communicator. It can silently convey a company's identity and values. The winter landscape, figurative painting, or modern landscape art creates a strong sense of community. 

By showcasing this art, your business can project an image of sophistication, cultural commitment, and a connection to nature. Through this approach, you can stand out in the competitive market.

Live with Art!

Whether it is a quiet landscape in the meeting room or a ceramic centrepiece in the conference room, Scottish art helps turn offices into a comfort zone. It creates continuity between tradition and modernity that invites people work more attentively and more creatively.

Holiday down under in OZ (Australia)

A few years ago while on holiday in Australia I took the chance to travel around taking in the landscape with my camera then back home in my studio these got captured on canvas.

These paintings are still available in my studio. Numerous others have all been sold.

Broughty Ferry Art Society Summer Exhibition

A few paintings to be shown in the Broughty Ferry Art Society Summer Exhibition, which opens tomorrow and runs till Sunday 6th July, open daily from 1pm to 7pm. It is held in the Scout Halls in David Street. There is about 150 paintings on display, plus artwork from local schools in the area.

Summer Exhibition

Dundee Art Society will hold their Summer Exhibition in Roseangle Gallery open from Saturday 31st May till 7th June. Open each day from 11am to 5pm.
SUMMER EXHIBITION and Art Sale 2025 FREE entry.
THE EXHIBITION and Art Sale opens to the public on
Saturday 31st May through until Saturday 7th June.
Opening times are 11am to 5pm daily.
Late night opening Tuesday 3rd June until 9pm.
The opening preview is on Friday 30th May at 7pm.
Open to all so feel free to bring friends and family.
Non members welcome.
Come along and enjoy the trophy winners presentation, a chance to chat to other artists and of course some great artworks.
Light refreshments and live music.
Roseangle Gallery, 17 Roseangle, Dundee. DD1 4LP

I will be showing the following paintings.

Garden and Gallery open for visitors

My garden and gallery will be open for visitors with the Scotlands Gardens Scheme on 19 and 20 April, then again on 3 and 4 may from 11am to 3pm.

See https://scotlandsgardens.org/17a-menzieshill-road/

Change in direction with my journey into colour

As we turned into 2025 my New Year Resolution of adding more colour and abstract ideas I had to try it out, so here are five paintings completed in this year.

The Red Sarong

The Red Sarong is an acrylic figurative painting of my Scottish model wearing her red sarong. This sensual figure study was painted in 2004 on canvas size 16 x 24 inches and is still available, priced at £900 with free delivery in UK.
The painting has a heavy ornate frame.

Watercolour paintings from the past

Artists go through phases of painting in the same medium for a few years, then they find an image that does not work so they try another medium which they get to like and stay with it for a few more years. I worked in watercolours over a ten year period from 1996 onwards, then drifted back into oils, then acrylics and the occasional flurry with pastels.
Some of my earlier watercolours are here.

Ladies from the past

A few watercolour and early adventure into acrylics was the favourite medium in my early days painting figure studies over twenty years ago. My models had to be in the light, but with darker backgrounds to enhance the drama. However I could not resist a figure study on the Maspalomas Beach with sunlight illuminating the figure and drapes blowing in the wind.

Older Paintings Looking for a New Home

Thought I would dust off a few of my older paintings and bring them into the light.

Meffan Gallery Forfar Winter Exhibition

Exhibition continues till 6th January 2025

Christmas Art Exhibition

A few paintings from my Christmas Art Exhibition to be held in my studio at 17a Menzieshill Road in Dundee
Starting on Saturday 7th December and open every day till Sunday 15th December. Open daily from 11am to 5pm
Free wine sampling. Special Festive discount of £100 off all paintings.

Union Canal at Linlithgow

Many years ago when I lived in Livingston I took a walk up Union Canal at Linlithgow looking for good waterside views to paint. I came across a lovely bridge, cottages and the barge Victoria which took visitors up the canal to explore the landscape. I took plenty photos then back in the studio set about painting a series of views from both sides of the bridge. Although my photos were taken in summer I still enjoy creating a snow scene winter landscape painting with pure imagination. These oil paintings all being the same size will make brilliant wall art with impact if grouped together as a diptych or triptych.

Nethergate in Bloom the story behind the painting

I started my working life as an apprentice gardener with Dundee Parks Department in 1959.
I had 5 years of training with day release classes and worked in different parks, nurseries and greenhouses. This was a time when flower power was at its peak. It was very important to show flower beds full of colourful bedding plants for both a spring and summer display. These were lessons that have stayed with me all my life. Dundee Parks created large flower beds along Nethergate. I was in the team that looked after these flower beds. I passed them one sunny day with camera in hand and took a few photos. I new then that I just had to capture this display on canvas, so out came one large canvas 48 x 30 inches and my oil paints. The composition included Dundee folk and students enjoying the sun but I needed a central figure as a focal point so I went along to the City Square and waited with camera in hand till some bonny lass passed by that was perfect for my painting. Of course not to frighten the young lady I took several images of the streets and buildings, and she just happened to be in one of them. This is a very large oil painting and will create a fantastic impact placed centrally as wall art.
As time went on the council started to cut back on flowers and gardeners, so my painting captures a time past when Dundee had immense flower power, but now, sadly, all gone.

DUNDEE PARISH CHURCH St. Marys ART Exhibition

Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) are holding an art exhibition in October with paintings from local artists from Dundee City of Discovery.

Exhibition open daily from 10.30am to 4.30pm running from Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th October.

Evening Art Classes in Dundee

The winter session of art classes in Dundee will start on Monday 13th January 2025.

Classes are for both gifted amateur and beginner looking to get help and advice with artistic creativity as well as enjoying a social night out with like minded folk.

The winter session lasts for 12 weeks ending on 31st March 2025.
The fee is £90 payable on first evening.

Enroll now by emailing John at johnstoa@blueyonder.co.uk

I think summer has arrived

Sun came out and lasted three days, before the rain arrived to try and spoil the show, but I was quick with the camera so here are a few pictures of my garden in mid summer.

Figure Study Paintings Theme

Four figure studies from the same pose with my Scottish model with each one having a different figure and background painting style. They are all painted in acrylic on a box canvas size 24 x 18 inches and all priced at £800 each.