Hello! I work quite intuitively with a painters eye, balance and form with colour and line are key in the process. When there is effortless enjoyment in the making then the stop knows when to happen. Generally working with the palette knife and heavy body acrylics relating to my surroundings – often landscape, keeping the eye connected and lively feeds into the creativity and lightness of approach.
I am a multi-media artist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. I am a graduate of Grays School of Art (BA Contemporary Art Practice 2016) and I have exhibited work in my home city of Aberdeen, around the North East of Scotland, in Edinburgh, and in Vienna. My practice combines painting, hand-painted archival collage papers, printmaking and monoprint techniques, and drawing materials. I work in layers and the mainly abstract images and meanings that emerge are also autobiographical, bringing forward deeper meanings and emotions from my life and psyche.
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My work focuses on printmaking, specifically etching and drypoint, as a physical connector between concept, artist, and viewer.
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Fine Art artist. Painter, sculptor, photographer, illustrator. Graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2020 with a First Class BA(Hons) in Painting. RSA New Contemporaries and SSA New Graduate Award.
I am a storyteller. My work explores the landscapes of childhood and recollection, uncovering the secrets woven into them and examining the delicate balance between trauma and wishful thinking. I am drawn to the allure of ambiguity and the richness of multiple interpretations. Through my practice, I integrate objects and drawing elements into paintings, cyanotypes, and assemblages, constructing layered narratives. Each overlapping image reflects the intricate and shifting memory nature which continuously evolves and drifts across dimensions.
Working in oils, my most recent paintings explore the reduced light and altered colour within deep shadows within the landscape. My particular interest is in the expanse of height and sense of space created by uninterrupted wide skies, an ongoing preoccupation. I work in the semi-rural environments of the Aberdeenshire landscape in which I live.
My art is rooted in Scottish history, culture and folk memory. A strong Highland background combined with many years living in the NE has influenced my work. The sea continues to be a powerful source of inspiration. The Scottish diaspora has strengthened worldwide connections with a sense of identity. Music and language have travelled back & fore for generations gaining ever richer resonance. I am drawn to the themes of navigation, emigration, whaling & fishing . I admire the work of Will Mclean and Steve Dilworth in particular.
I use a variety of techniques and media. Objects are fashioned, re-cycled, re-purposed to demonstrate a narrative. Found objects including wood, bone & shell are incorporated . Shapes are fashioned using wood, plaster , clay and paper-mache. Textiles are combined with decorative items in a number of pieces. Some are whimsical . Much of my illustrative work reflects similar interests & includes archaeological references with emphasis on local subjects informed by many years of museum work. My work is mainly sold privately. I was fortunate to have an example purchased by Aberdeen Art Gallery thanks to an exhibition organised through AAS.
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Born in Aberdeen, I trained at Edinburgh College of Art and was in art education for almost 40 years before painting from my studio in Linlithgow. As a keen gardener, plants feature in most of my paintings which feature domestic interiors with everyday objects which I have collected over the years .Bold, contrasting colour and pattern also feature but there is an element of imagination too as paintings take on a life of their own through the painting process.I also incorporate landscape views in many of my paintings. I have exhibited extensively in many galleries around Scotland as well as being a member of the Society of Women Artists in London (receiving an award in 2021), the Paisley Art Institute (receiving an award in 2023) the RSW and the Aberdeen Artists Society.
I am drawn to the abstract. I am captivated by complex interconnected shapes, be it in unusual architecture, in tiny seed pods or in mathematical geometry. I am intrigued by complexity, underlying order and emerging connections within a structure. I hope to convey to the viewer the inherent visual beauty of these systems.
I am a painter with a background in science. I make mixed media artworks on paper or board, and I also create colour changing images in back-lit frames by using polariser sheets.
I have a long-held fascination with light, with its manifold representations and appearances in religions, in optics and in theoretical physics. For my artworks, I found a very apt process in the making of cyanotypes, where light plays an active role in the creation of the image.
The cyanotypes serve as starting points that I build on, using acrylic paint, ink, various dry mediums and occasionally resin. I find this technique very fluid and adaptable. It enables me to create abstract, lyrical, poetical works, or straight-lined logical structures as well as representational, recognisable images.
I live and work from my studio in Aberdeenshire. I graduated from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen in 2020, and currently I am the Painting Graduate in Residence there, combining studio practice with assisting at teaching. Originally from Hungary, I emigrated to Scotland in the 1990s.
My works have received numerous awards and have been exhibited at many group and solo shows, including at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
I worked on a collaborative project as a supporting painter at the British Art Show 9 (2021) and was member of Hospitalfield’s Scotland + Venice team at the Venice Biennale in 2015. Recent residencies include the RSA John Kinross Scholarship to Florence and – closer to home, – at the rural treasure trove of the Glenesk Folk Museum.
Christine’s biography
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Born in the North-East of England in 1953, I didn’t follow the usual path through art school. I chose instead an Art & Design course at Northumberland College of Education and after that taught in Cumbria. In 1981 I moved to Orkney where I set up my own studio and gallery in Birsay and did a number of jobs teaching art to children and adults. During the next 10 years I developed my work and began to exhibit in a variety of venues both in Orkney and around other parts of Britain. In 1991 I moved to Shetland and soon took up an art teaching appointment. I have had numerous exhibitions both in this country and abroad and taken part in an artists’ exchange with the Netherlands and took courses on printmaking and sculpture. Between 2006 and 2008 I worked with Voluntary Service Overseas as a teacher trainer in West Africa. Upon my return to the UK I resumed teaching art part-time and painting.
In 2013 I retired from teaching and I now devote my time to painting. I was a founder member of Veer North, the Shetland artist’s group, and since 1994 have been an occasional arts reviewer and critic for The Shetland Times. In 2014 and 2016 I received Visual Arts Awards from Shetland Arts/Creative Scotland to develop my interest in handmade paint and work towards an exhibition based on visits to Iceland. ‘Elemental’ was shown at the Bonhoga Gallery in July – September 2016. I was awarded The Donnie Ross Prize for Innovation in Watercolour at Aberdeen Artists Society exhibtions in 2020 and 2021. In 2023 I was awarded the John Busby Award at the 142nd RSW Open. I was elected to the RSW in September 2023.
I am currently represented by a number of Scottish galleries including Kilmorack Gallery in Inverness-shire, the Birch Tree Gallery in Dundas Street, Edinburgh and Gallery Heinzel in Aberdeen.
Ex Grays School of Art. Now painting and sculpting.
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Using a needle and beading thread and one tiny glass bead at a time, this is my contemporary take on the age-old tradition of off-the-loom bead-weaving. I’m fascinated with how supple the beaded fabric is when woven with round seed beads, but also how, when using tubular beads, you can create 3-dimensional and self-supporting structures, which I form into wearable art jewellery and accessories.
I love designing in black and white with a splash of red but I have begun exploring other colour combinations.
Anita Inverarity is a Scottish artist born in Aberdeen and currently living in rural Banffshire. Working in traditional pen mediums Anita is interested in intricate detail and pattern with art nouveau twists and folk art aesthetics.
Her art language is often steeped in mythology and ancient lore with underpinning stories of transformation.
Anita exhibits her work both locally and internationally.
Commercial works and collaborations have included everything from Album Covers to a Catwalk Collection with celebrated Australian fashion duo Zimmermann.
Recent projects have focused on inspirational writing and art decks with leading publishers US Games Ltd, Animal Dreaming and Blue Angel.
After graduating from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen in 2009 with an Honours in Painting and again in 2010 with a Masters of Fine Art, I have been fortunate to have had over a decade to develop my practice. My work is a frenzy of material and processes, a direct representation of my mind and how I create. Heavily inspired by the natural landscape of the North East of Scotland my work borders into the abstract and explores fleeting moments and feelings. Growing up on the Moray coast I have a subconscious pull towards the land and sea as well as the flora of the area, tied up in memories of walks and times exploring. Living in a city now has me dreaming of wilderness, making me appreciate any time I can venture out and collect moments of raw natural energy and beauty. This all filters through into my practice, a desire to create and to remember those feelings and experiences, they are completely symbiotic. I believe there is a real familiarity in my work, viewers too can feel the essence and the intimacy even if they have never been acquainted with this part of the World. I work organically and rhythmically in layers of mixed media. Pieces tell me what they want to be rather than me coming at them with preconceived ideas and plans, they materialise out of the ether and guide me to completion.
Living in the North East of Scotland its Landscapes and Seascapes have been my inspiration for over 50 years.
Art has been my life’s work.
Moving from representational work to more abstract paintings I am currently working on my ‘Instinct’ series.
I have been self employed as a wildlife artist since leaving art school in the 1970’s
I came to Scotland forty years ago inspired by the natural beauty of the landscape and the flora and fauna that abides within.
In my work I try to portray the beauty of the natural world and hopefully inspire viewers to care for our Scottish wildlife.
I work predominantly in charcoal and watercolour with a style that I have made my own.
I have exhibited internationally, in contemporary art shows, notably ‘Birds in Art’ and ‘Society of Animal Artists’ in North America, in the Society of Wildlife Artists, London, the Scottish Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society and other Open shows in Scotland and abroad. My work is in public and private collections worldwide.
Each painting is an exploration between loose painting and controlled detail, built up over many layers. This variation of mark making can be seen from a distance and you are also rewarded close up. The paintings change and develop over many sessions, often with a mind of their own.
I am naturally drawn to natural forms and patterns, ranging from flowers to snowflakes. I use a combination of design, colour and technique to produce vibrant and imaginative art. I’m constantly exploring my use of paint and mixed media to develop my finished paintings.
The end result is both uplifting and rewarding.
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” Georgia O’Keeffe
Catriona works from her studio in Aberdeen. She has a growing audience of private collectors and was featured in Trend Magazine.
Born in Derbyshire, now living in Aberdeenshire, I am in awe of the diverse landscape and skies of this beautiful location, which provides me with a constant source of inspiration. I am driven by a desire to connect with nature and the outdoor world for personal wellbeing and I am constantly photographing the things that interest me. I work from my images onto fabric or paper and sometimes straight onto the photographs. As a mixed media artist I use a variety of materials and techniques to add colours as well as machine stitching to enhance and create texture before using heat tools to manipulate, texturise and seal.
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I am intrigued by geomorphology and the way landscapes change. I am particularly fascinated by the Scottish coastline where we find habitats with highly specialised ecosystems: rock pools, estuaries, cliffs and beaches. My work aims to shine a light on the fragility and transient nature of these places on which environmental issues, such as climate change, pollution and human construction have a detrimental effect.
My projects are based on fieldwork. I immerse myself in the environment taking note of visual information as well as my holistic experiences while being there. I express my ideas by using experimental methods and materials that allow me to mimic the morphological processes in the landscape. I emboss textured surfaces into copper sheets and douse them into a patina bath before leaving them outside, exposed to the elements, until a satisfying patina has build up. The process is slow and for that part out of my control. Later on I have a chance to manipulate the work that nature had an active part in creating.
Collages and paintings are inspired by my memories and holistic experiences made during my fieldwork. The process is one of contemplation, trial and error, involving an almost rhythmic layering and erasing in order to bring the memories to life.
Sharing my creative process with others is part of my art practice. I always hope that people will find different ways of seeing and looking at our environment and forming deeper connections by doing so.
I graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2021 after retiring from teaching Modern Languages in local primary schools. I have since exhibited with Aberdeen Artist Society, the Society of Scottish Artists, Aberdeen Art Fair, Gallery Heinzel in Aberdeen and the Tatha Gallery in Newport-on-Tay as well as other locations around the Northeast.
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My still life and landscape paintings draw inspiration from the art of presentation and display; the focused illumination and interplay of light and shade in a theatrical stage set or a spotlit exhibit in a museum cabinet. I love the still life paintings of Paul Gauguin, Suzanne Valadon and Victoria Crowe, the mysterious interiors of James Pryde and Andrew Wyeth, and the dramatic and colourful scenes of Indian Mughal painting and Japanese prints. These influences are expressed in my use of strong shadows, bold colour schemes and juxtapositions of realism and stylisation.
At Edinburgh Art College I studied fine art and printmaking and after an enjoyable and stimulating career in teaching, I retired early to concentrate on my own work. In the last few years I have had paintings accepted for various Societies’ annual exhibitions and also shown work in solo and joint exhibitions at the Scottish Arts Club.
I am one of four artists who contributed watercolour paintings to the book ‘A Sketchbook of Edinburgh’, first published by Birlinn 2017 and reprinted in 2019.
I began painting in 2017 having joined Michael Samson’s art classes as a start to my retirement as a primary school teacher. I soon found I really enjoyed painting and was always eager to learn more each week. I prefer painting landscapes, especially if they show colourful skies and water. My ‘go to’ medium is acrylics which I like to paint onto canvas though I also enjoy the occasional watercolour. I did a series of robin and bluetit sketches using pastel pencil and have also done several cat and dog portraits with this medium; more recently I drew a pheasant
I try to paint every day where possible for a couple of hours and love to see a picture come together. I have been quite successful in selling my art, not only in Scotland but also my artwork has travelled to England, Australia, Canada, USA, Dubai, Germany and Brazil.
I was amazed and delighted to have been awarded the ‘People’s Choice’ award at the Stonehaven Art Exhibition in 2022 for my largest painting to date – Sunrise Over Aberdeen Beach.
Most of my art work is then reproduced as prints, greetings cards, coasters and placemats.
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Born in Hayle, Cornwall, Lisa has been painting for over 20 years and draws great inspiration from her travels. Her endeavours in the art world began to gain momentum after a move to Norway through local exhibitions and commissions. Three years of private one to one art tuition followed after the next move to Oman and on return to the UK, Lisa undertook an ‘Art Interpretation’ course at Gray’s School of Art which encouraged her to experiment; paving the way to her current style.
The spectacular scenery which surrounds Lisa on Royal Deeside bears a huge presence within her work – most notably the ethereal quality light possesses as it is cast upon landscapes and seascapes. Working in oils, Lisa focuses on the creation of dramatic skies and whimsical portrayals of mountains, lochs and the sea atop fine linen board and plywood panels. She strives to capture nature’s beauty by balancing hues and manipulating brushstrokes, creating light and depth by exposing the layers beneath, until the image emerges.
Having grown up on the coast, Lisa is drawn to the sea in particular – taking her inspiration largely from the stunning Outer Hebrides. The dramatic seas, islands and beaches inform her work and provide a reference for her colourful portrayals of this stunning location. She is never without her camera or sketchbook on her adventures, gathering plenty of inspiration to work on from her Deeside based studio.
Lisa has been involved in many charity exhibitions locally over the last 12 years and is known for her vibrant contemporary pieces.
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