The Ethereal Landscapes of Sine MacKinnon Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996) remains a luminous figure in the tapestry of twentieth-century British and Irish art, a painter whose brush bridged the gap between the tangible beauty of the natural world and the enigmatic depths of the subconscious. Born Selina Mairi MacKinnon in Newcastle, County Down, her origins were rooted in a lineage of legal distinction, yet her spirit was irrevocably drawn to the interplay of light and shadow. Her early years provided a foundation of meticulous observation, a trait that would later allow her to capture the delica…