Kandiah, Perceival Selvanathan (2011 p9.) provides a useful response to this question. See below in italics:
What is landscape painting? This research, my studio practice and the body of work that has resulted from both, attempts to establish a framework for the relevance of this question. Though the answer shifts according to prevailing theory and practice, there is a cohesive logic to the movements of our feelings about and around landscape painting. Each and every image has a story to tell. Landscape painting is an articulate language with a grammar capable of describing the link between a visible, external reality and current ideas around the environment and its sustainability. My investigation of landscape painting is motivated by spiritual and environmental concerns and a belief in the intrinsic value of nature.
I love this overview, it suggests landscape paintings convey stories, the artist's feelings, and a connection to the land via spiritual and environmental means.
As an artist I like to feel an emotional and spiritual connection to landscapes, and I always strive to convey those connections in my paintings.
https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/2381
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