Archives: Artists

Originally from N. Ireland, Alison has lived for many years in Edinburgh. Her work is in collections throughout the UK, Ireland and further afield -including that of comedian Michael McIntyre. Her paintings have been selected for the annual exhibitions of both the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour […]

Alison McWhirter BA MA was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1975. McWhirter attended Bath Academy where she trained as a painter gaining a BA in Fine Art in 1998. She continued her studies to gain a Postgraduate MA in Visual Culture 2000. Bath Academy of Art has produced such luminaries as the colourist Howard Hodgkin. […]

Ann graduated from Winchester School of Art, London University where she studied drawing and painting and was awarded the southern arts scholarship. She taught in Hampshire for many years and exhibited widely in the south, with solo shows in the Blaydon gallery, Hurstbourne tarrant and the Marlborough gallery. She retired from full-time teaching and came […]

I have been working as an artist and printmaker since graduating from Edinburgh University and live outside a small village near Dollar, Clackmannanshire. Much of my inspiration comes from the beautiful landscape of the Ochils and the rich variety of flora and fauna within it. My designs are all hand carved onto linocut blocks and […]

Carol Moore was trained at Glasgow School of Art and the Ecole des Beaux-arts Aix-en Provence.  Themes close to home inform her work, still life, food, the landscape surrounding her studio in Balloch. She has exhibited widely throughout Scotland and the UK and in national competitions.  Last year she was awarded the pastel society of […]

“My work is inspired by a love of land and sea and the footprints of human activity found where they meet. Although descriptive of the places I like, my paintings are not documentary but rather concerned with shape, colour and layering of textures. I hope to express something of the feel and atmosphere that I […]

Originally from the east coast, Caroline spent many holidays and weekends in Argyll, finally moving in 2001 to the picturesque village of Tayvallich where she set up her studio and paints full time.  Crashing waves on white sandy beaches, seapinks on the shore and glorious sunsets all feature in her impressionistic paintings.  More recently mackerel […]

Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh . In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition […]

“Every painting I begin, the layers and texture continue to fascinate me as does the process. My subject matter remains the same, the material itself, the coast, the sea, lines of desire that criss-cross the landscape, time and its corrosive effect on materials and finding the beauty in what we see around us. The world […]

Christine’s paintings attempt to reflect the beauty of the human spirit as it turns to nature for renewal.   These intimate narratives, suspended in time, contemplate the land and our deep connection to nature.    In Clark’s work, nature seems to exist in a suspended realm, discovering visual intricacies of how we experience collective moments, […]