{"title":"Elena Guillaumin","description":"\u003cp\u003eElena Guillaumin is a cosmopolitan oil and acrylic painter whose life has unfolded across different landscapes, cultures, and colours. Now based between France and Scotland, she creates from her Edinburgh studio, where light, movement, and emotion guide her hand as much as technique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScotland has become one of her greatest sources of inspiration. Its shifting skies, luminous waters, and quiet expanses of nature offer an endless palette of moods and colours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether Elena paints a landscape, a seascape, a flower, or a more abstract composition, her true subject is always the same: light and colour. She follows how they move, how they change, how they shape emotion. Elena is deeply drawn to the idea that colour can soothe, uplift, and bring harmony into a space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer paintings are created with the intention of offering a moment of calm - a breath of beauty that touches the mind and the soul. Some works lean toward abstraction, embracing simplicity as she experiments with new palettes and textures to evoke feeling rather than depict form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer artworks are held in private collections across France, the UK, the USA, Italy, and Spain. Collectors are often drawn to the serenity and optimism in her paintings - a quiet invitation to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the beauty of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Elena, painting is both a personal journey and a shared experience. Through her art, she hopes to bring light, colour, and a sense of joy into the homes and lives of those who welcome her work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-minute-in-the-open-2026","title":"A Minute in the Open (2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1252\" data-start=\"1241\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Acrylic on Linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1269\" data-start=\"1266\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1282\" data-start=\"1273\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 61 × 70  cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1325\" data-start=\"1322\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1341\" data-start=\"1329\"\u003eFraming:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elena Guillaumin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57901987955072,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/9512\/9216\/files\/elena-guillaumin-a-minute-in-the-open-2026.jpg?v=1776332934"},{"product_id":"quietude-2026","title":"Quietude (2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1252\" data-start=\"1241\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Acrylic on Linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1269\" data-start=\"1266\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1282\" data-start=\"1273\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 65 × 65  cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1325\" data-start=\"1322\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1341\" data-start=\"1329\"\u003eFraming:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elena Guillaumin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57902004404608,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/9512\/9216\/files\/elena-guillaumin-quietude-2026.jpg?v=1776333159"},{"product_id":"reflections-2026","title":"Reflections (2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1252\" data-start=\"1241\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Acrylic on Linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1269\" data-start=\"1266\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1282\" data-start=\"1273\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 65 × 65  cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1325\" data-start=\"1322\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1341\" data-start=\"1329\"\u003eFraming:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elena Guillaumin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57902012989824,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/9512\/9216\/files\/elena-guillaumin-reflections-2026.jpg?v=1776333132"},{"product_id":"athena-2026","title":"Athena (2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1252\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Oil on Linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1266\" data-end=\"1269\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1282\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 75 × 75  cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1329\" data-end=\"1341\"\u003eFraming:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Framed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA note from the artist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are moments in nature when a single tree stands alone, suspended between storm and radiance, rooted in a luminous field beneath a fractured sky. It is this moment - this quiet tension between fragility and strength - that inspired Elena Guillaumin’s Lonely Trees Collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach painting in this series is a portrait, not of a landscape, but of a presence. A solitary tree becomes a witness: to shifting seasons, to passing storms, to the silent endurance of time. Light breaks through darkness in gentle defiance, casting the tree not as a subject, but as a symbol - of resilience, of stillness, of survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElena has long been fascinated by the emotional power of trees. To her, they carry an ancient energy, a grounded wisdom that speaks without words. They stand through wind, rain, and winter, yet continue to reach toward the light. In these paintings, she explores that energy through colour, texture, and atmosphere, using light as the true protagonist of each scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany works in the collection are named after Greek and Celtic gods - Eos, Zeus,  Aphrodite, Apollo, Freia - or after emotions such as Warrior, Survivor, Battler, The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWatcher of Seasons... These names reflect the inner character of each tree. Some \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eradiate softness, others strength; some hold the calm of dawn, others the fire of a storm. Each title is chosen to honour the spirit the tree embodies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lonely Trees Collection is ultimately a meditation on resilience. A reminder that even in solitude, there is beauty. Even in stillness, there is power. 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