Just before lockdown in 2020, patients and staff at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital produced a series of artworks of well-known views of Auld Reekie. Culminating in an exhibition of drawings and paintings entitled Edinburgh Landmarks, it features the work of artists attending the Wednesday Open Art Sessions at the Glasshouses Studio. These art sessions are led by artist Anne Elliot as part of Artlink’s Hospital Arts Programme. They demonstrate a wide range of approaches to representing architectural subjects and the urban landscape of Edinburgh, ranging from a detail of a ‘weel-kent’ clock in Morningside to the ‘ye cannae miss it’ Edinburgh Castle. Architecture was a new challenge for many of the artists, so we encouraged them to free themselves from the constraints of straight lines and perspective, and to just enjoy bringing a personal representation of places to life.
