A deeply felt preoccupation with Scandinavian horizons and the dramatic juxtapositions they offer is a major subject of Magda Hogh's quietly powerful, contemplative abstract paintings. She has taken in the stunning confluence of sky, water, light and landscape of her home country, yet does not present us with naturalistic scenery; she makes no overt attempt at mimesis. Instead, we are offered a map of nature as holistic entity, equal parts outer and inner landscape. Fragmented and straight-edged slashes of icy white and melancholy blue lie stacked together as if the refracted winter light had turned into solid bars tumbling about on the frozen sea. Her aesthetic choice of abstraction gives these forms both the spontaneity of nature and the highly thoughtful, restrained feel that accompanies the best of contemporary abstract art.

There is confident authority, as well as deep sensitivity, in the studied composition of Magda Hogh's work. She reaches for, and expresses, a topographical as well as a psychological resonance.