Archives: Artists

An artist based in Stirlingshire, Maria Cid-Castilla’s work is inspired by the captivating Scottish land and seascapes and the places she visits. Applying quick brushstrokes and using rich textures and vivid colours her aim is to always capture the unexpected drama of the elements. She has trained with renowned Scottish artists and to date she […]

Marion was born in Glasgow in 1958 “I have been a professional artist for almost 30 years with drawings and paintings distributed worldwide. I paint with passion in oils with fingers and rags (no brushes) and my subject matter is varied from figurative, floral and still life to landscape My work is always taken from […]

As a landscape artist I believe it is fundamental to experience your subject first hand. I sketch and paint and take photographs in situ, trying to commit the experience to memory. Back in my studio I translate these sources onto canvas. The works may take days or weeks before I can lay them aside and […]

“Using muted tones and therapeutic gradients, the drawings I make are a homage to a quiet life. Themes of presence, embodiment, trace, loss, and memory persist by the process of continuously applying and removing graphite from the drawing surface, and delineating the image through minor and deliberate variations in tone. The drawings, through a process […]

Colour is at the heart of what I do. I’m always looking for and at colours in the world around me. I collect them mentally and physically if I possibly can. When I’m working from  my watercolour sketches, I like to limit my palette to a few choice colours and see how far they take […]

 Michael J Doherty is a recent graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design where he received the James Guthrie Ochar memorial award. 2019 will be an exciting year for Michael as he heads off to the New York Academy of Art to study for a masters in painting as well as having […]

Morag has had a varied career in art; she worked as a designer in London in the late 70’s and trained at Colleges both in England and Scotland studying both illustration and fine art,  she also has a love of social history and has written and published two books on the subject. Morag has always painted […]

I’m a highlander – born in the Outer Hebrides on the tiny island of Eriskay. My family moved to the mainland when I was 5 and we settled on the West Coast near Glencoe. In this special part of the world I married, had 5 children and have then been lucky enough to spend time […]

Moy Mackay is an award-winning Scottish artist, gallery owner, author and educator. Born in Edinburgh, she lives and works in Traquair in the Tweed Valley and her work is often influenced and inspired by the natural beauty and seasonal colour of the surrounding Scottish Borders landscape. Mackay studied at the Glasgow School of Art and […]

I’m interested in expression, body language and relationships.  The human forms, display, communication and irony are all fascinating.  Using colour and mark-making to explore the drama of paint on canvas is a journey of discovery.