COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE

A painting by Aigana Gali is the choice this week, an image that 'evokes the duality of the physical world and spiritual beliefs, being and nothingness'.

The Marchioness of Northampton on Ainalaiyn by Aigana Gali

‘I first saw this painting at Aigana Gali’s fine-art exhibition in London; she has since become a dear friend. Her creative inspiration comes from the Kazakh Steppe and her longing to return to her roots in that beautiful and unworldly landscape.

‘Her paintings explore the natural world, which makes her art so appropriate for our new hotel, The Falcon at Castle Ashby, dedicated to our connection to Nature and one another. This painting evokes the duality of the physical world and spiritual beliefs, being and nothingness. It is the atmospheric emptiness of the vast steppe plains. An emptiness filled with hope’