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The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery will be showing seven new works by the Dutch artist, Esther Nienhuis. They form part of her acclaimed and ongoing Saudade series.

Saudade - the title of many of Nienhuis’ paintings - is a Portuguese word that lacks a direct English translation. It suggests, though, a yearning for a world (remembered or imaginary) that is permanently just beyond our reach. This underlying sense of nostalgic longing is the recurrent mood of Nienhuis’ exquisitely-executed work.

In these new paintings, the boundary between the present and those alternative sought-after realities is …