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Under skies heavy with storm-gray clouds, the architectural ruins in Lee Madgwick’s paintings seem to exist somewhere between reality and imagination. His works are not just landscapes but psychological portraits—of solitude, fragility, and the strange poetry found in decay. With a style that merges surrealism and realism in equal measure, Madgwick transforms the familiar English countryside into a dreamlike world that’s quietly charged with tension.
His latest body of work, set to debut at Brian Sinfield Gallery in Burford, Oxfordshire, from October 18 through November 4, expands upon his fascination with desolate architecture and the absence of people. Every painting feels like an unanswered question—where did everyone go, and what remains of what they left be