NAEL HANNA RISING TIDE
West Coast Sky, mixed media, 100 x 140cm
Nael Hanna Rising Tide
Exhibition opens Saturday 7th February at 10am
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Full exhibition may be viewed at
www.strathearn-gallery.com
Exhibition runs until 1st March 2026
Nael Hanna is widely regarded as one of the UK’s leading contemporary landscape painters. Born in Northern Iraq in 1959, he was awarded a scholarship and moved to Scotland in the 1980s to study at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, where he developed a distinctive artistic voice, combining a profound appreciation for nature with a vibrant, expressive approach to painting.
Nael’s work is instantly recognisable for its textured, sculptural surfaces and dynamic brushwork, capturing movement, atmosphere, and emotion in every piece. He is particularly inspired by Scotland’s dramatic East coast, near his home, with its rugged cliffs, fishing villages, and everchanging light. Translating the rhythm and power of the landscape into near-abstract compositions, his work feels both intimate and expansive, drawing on influences from Turner, Willem de Kooning, Marc Chagall, and Joan Eardley while remaining entirely his own.
Alongside his landscapes and seascapes, Nael paints flowers directly from life, often gathered from the fields and hedgerows surrounding his home, producing luminous works that pulse with colour, vitality, and energy. More recently, he has explored increasingly abstract compositions, always maintaining his distinctive, expressive style.
This new solo exhibition, here at Strathearn Gallery, Rising Tide, marks a milestone in the gallery’s long-standing relationship with the artist. For the first time, the gallery presents a major exhibition of Nael Hanna’s work, bringing together a compelling selection of recent paintings alongside his lessseen, large-scale pieces.
Dynamic coastal scenes, energetic seascapes, and intimate floral studies offer an immersive experience of Nael’s vision, capturing the drama, movement, and beauty of the Scottish landscape and coastline in all its intensity. The exhibition underscores both the breadth of the artist’s practice and Strathearn Gallery’s commitment to presenting the work of one of Scotland’s most significant contemporary painters.
Nael Hanna
Ainster Harbour, mixed media, 100 x 100cm
Sunrise over the West Coast, mixed media, 20.5 x 25.5cm
After Rain II, mixed media, 100 x 140cm
Pittenweem, mixed media, 100 x 140cm
Blue Boat, Evening Light, mixed media, 22 x 26cm
Twilight over the Bay, mixed media, 20 x 25cm
West Coast Waves, mixed media, 20 x 25.5cm
Red and Blue Vases, mixed media, 100 x 100cm
East Neuk I, mixed media, 100 x 100cm
Dusk, West Coast, mixed media, 30 x 40cm
High Tide, Monifieth, mixed media, 100 x 140cm
East Coast Moonlight, mixed media, 30 x 42cm
Sea Harmony, mixed media, 25.5 x 30.5cm
Mid Spring, mixed media, 60 x 60cm
Rugged Landscape West Coast Skye, mixed media, 32 x 42cm
Summer Florals, mixed media, 25 x 20cm
Summer Night, West Coast, mixed media, 14 x 18.5cm
Winter, Angus, mixed media, 20 x 25cm
Creels and Waves, mixed media, 20 x 25cm
Fishing Boats, Pittenweem Fife, mixed media, 40 x 40cm
Wild Waters, East Haven, mixed media, 20 x 25cm
Top: Moonlight, West Sands, mixed media, 13 x 20cm; Bottom: Tentsmuir, mixed media, 12.5 x 21cm
East Coast Poppies, mixed media, 30 x 30cm
After the Storm, mixed media, 26 x 26cm
Autumn in Angus, mixed media, 100 x 100cm
Top: Auchmithie Shoreline, mixed media, 13 x 20cm; Bottom: Moonlight over Fife, mixed media, 17 x 27cm
After Rain I, mixed media, 100 x 120cm
Pink Sky over Angus, mixed media, 13.5 x 18cm
Fading Light, mixed media, 20 x 25cm
Top: Carnoustie Shoreline, mixed media, 13 x 21.5cm; Bottom: Fife Waters, mixed media, 13 x 18cm
Pink Sky over Fife, mixed media, 100 x 140cm
Young Girl, mixed media, 100 x 100cm
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