CAMi gallery is pleased to present Stained Earth, a new solo exhibition by London-based artist Martin McGinn, whose work transforms the physical and symbolic landscapes of the earth into abstract visual meditations. In this latest body of work, McGinn creates pigment directly from the soil of Napa Valley vineyards, using the region’s mineral-rich earth to form painterly abstractions that he calls landscapes.

Blurring the line between representation and materiality, Stained Earth explores how place can be both subject and medium. Each composition carries within it the color, texture, and memory of the vineyard terrain itself, bridging the physicality of the earth with the imaginative realm of painting. McGinn’s process is as elemental as it is conceptual: he uses the earth’s soil in its purest form, applying them in layers that echo geological time, erosion, and the labor of cultivation while staining with the colors of blood and wine.

In Stained Earth, McGinn’s long engagement with materiality and perception reaches new terrain—literally. The series captures a dialogue between two distinct landscapes: the ancient soils of California’s vineyards and the reflective, experimental sensibility of British abstraction. Each work invites viewers to consider the ground beneath their feet as both a source of life and a site of memory.

Through Stained Earth, McGinn continues his lifelong exploration of the poetic relationship between surface and depth, presence and trace—offering paintings that are not merely about the land, but of it.