Two artists, one landscape: Barbara Claes and Lies Van Gasse at Cove Park
In April 2025, we launched a call for applications for a residency at Cove Park in Scotland, open to illustrators and authors. Barbara Claes and Lies Van Gasse were the fortunate recipients, selected to spend two weeks in this unique and remote natural setting. The reports they shared with us clearly show how the experience inspired their creativity.
We are the landscape. The rain. The storm. The sun and rainbows. We are the wind and waterfall. We are dew and thunder.Barbara Claes
Read Barbara’s full report, including 12 tiny folkies
And so Amy slips deftly past sleeping nuclear warheads. The mountain changes ten times a day. I see a snake appear on her back.Lies Van Gasse
Read Lies’s full report (only available in Dutch)
This residency was made possible by Flip through Flanders, an initiative that promotes Dutch-language literature from Flanders across the UK and Ireland.