INKA ESSENHIGH

Miles McEnery Gallery presents its fourth Inka Essenhigh exhibition exploring landscapes, organic forms, and the shifting boundaries between the natural and imagined worlds. Her distinctive visual language transforms everyday environments into otherworldly scenes filled with mystery, movement, and wonder. Through her exploration of floral motifs, fauna, and still lifes, Essenhigh’s paintings teeter on the edge of reality before breaking through into vibrant, dreamlike landscapes. Essenhigh’s work carries a striking viscerality. This quality stems from her continual inquiry into sensory experiences–asking questions such as, “Is that what rain or mist feels like? Is that what sunspots are like?”