(posted April 2020) Sadly, the wonderful exhibition of Tristram Hillier’s paintings in Taunton, Landscapes of the Mind, had to close early, but not before it had been attended and admired by many thousands and received reviews that acknowledged how under-estimated he still is as a painter. In Mediating Empire, I’ve written about the trauma of his early years which, some commentators say, partly explains his austere and often bleak landscapes - see https://swheritage.org.uk/events/landscapes-of-the-mind-exhibition/
- Andrew Hillier