{"id":1937084,"date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1937084"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:00:00","slug":"blood-red-landscapes-by-andrew-mcintosh-conjure-the-terrifying-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1937084","title":{"rendered":"Blood-Red Landscapes by Andrew McIntosh Conjure the Terrifying Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a red landscape painting by Andrew McIntosh with mountains and small glowing orbs\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cKangchenjunga\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 63 x 43 centimeters. All images courtesy of School Gallery, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Blood-Red Landscapes by Andrew McIntosh Conjure the Terrifying Unknown<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-15T08:47:27-05:00\">May 15, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F05%2Fandrew-mcintosh-red-landscape-paintings%2F&amp;title=Blood-Red%20Landscapes%20by%20Andrew%20McIntosh%20Conjure%20the%20Terrifying%20Unknown\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"474077\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Typically gravitating toward dreamy palettes of soft blues, grays, and oranges, Scottish artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mackie-art.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew McIntosh<\/a> opts for a sanguine red in a new body of work. The crimson paintings continue McIntosh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/andrew-mcintosh\/\">otherworldly landscapes<\/a> that cast familiar forms like mountains and valleys in a strange, uncanny light. Glowing orbs float among the craggy terrain and veil the scenes in mystery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese works sit somewhere between memory and invention\u2014familiar landscapes interrupted by something I don\u2019t fully understand,\u201d the artist says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474077\" title=\"\u201cWhitney\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 170 x 130 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cWhitney\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 170 x 130 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cWhitney\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 170 x 130 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-5.jpg\" alt=\"a red landscape painting by Andrew McIntosh with mountains and small glowing orbs\" class=\"wp-image-474082\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cWhitney\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 170 x 130 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On view at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolgallery.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Gallery<\/a>, these bold pieces comprise the artist\u2019s solo exhibition, <em>I Hope This Transmission Finds You Soon<\/em>. Evoking alien communication and the unknowns that surround us, even in recognizable spaces, the show draws on Cormac McCarthy\u2019s 1985 novel <em>Blood Meridian<\/em>, a Gothic Western rife with violence and an unyielding desire for dominance. <\/p>\n<p>The gallery offers insight into the exhibition with an apt quote from the book:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The truth about the world \u2026 is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance be populate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tent show whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>I Hope This Transmission Finds You Soon<\/em> is on view through May 30 in Folkestone, U.K. Find more from McIntosh on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andrewmcintosh_mackie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474077\" title=\"\u201cK2\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cK2\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cK2\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-2.jpg\" alt=\"a red landscape painting by Andrew McIntosh with mountains and small glowing orbs\" class=\"wp-image-474079\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cK2\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474077\" title=\"\u201cGasherbrum\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cGasherbrum\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cGasherbrum\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-1.jpg\" alt=\"a red landscape painting by Andrew McIntosh with mountains and small glowing orbs\" class=\"wp-image-474078\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cGasherbrum\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 38 x 43 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474077\" title=\"\u201cMatterhorn\u201d (2026), oil on board, 20 x 15 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cMatterhorn\u201d (2026), oil on board, 20 x 15 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cMatterhorn\u201d (2026), oil on board, 20 x 15 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-4.jpg\" alt=\"a red landscape painting by Andrew McIntosh with mountains and small glowing orbs\" class=\"wp-image-474081\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cMatterhorn\u201d (2026), oil on board, 20 x 15 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-474077\" title=\"Detail of \u201cWhitney\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cWhitney\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cWhitney\u201d (2026)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mcintosh-6.jpg\" alt=\"a red landscape painting by Andrew McIntosh with mountains and small glowing orbs\" class=\"wp-image-474083\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cWhitney\u201d (2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"after-entry\" role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"After 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