Archives: Artists

Johann Booyens is a printmaker and paper artist working and living in Glasgow. A teacher and lifelong student, he collaborates with other artists to combine traditional printmaking with exploratory techniques and processes. He works with various professional and novice artists on corporate and private projects and has exhibited his own work locally and abroad. As […]

The Grandson of a ploughman and nephew to a shepherd and a grieve, John McClenaghen grew up in Falkirk where relatives on his mother’s side of the family remained in farming. His early years were therefore partly spent on farms around Stirlingshire and later the East Lothian coast where the land meets the sea with […]

Karen is a local Scottish Artist who creates art through the exploration of nature and emotion. Her main medium uses hand foraged flora and windfall wood, which are gathered from local woodlands, forests and other nature spaces, to create stunning and unique 3D Nature Art compositions. These compositions are expressions of emotion, and inclusion within […]

Kate’s paintings explore form, structure, colour and texture with the intention of reflecting her physical, emotional and psychological experience of a place. Her aim is to engage the viewer through constructing fragments of the urban environment as visually and textually immersive scenes, conveying the experience of moving through a space, while allowing the viewer’s own […]

Lex McFadyen, known to many through his previous successes as a highly respected fashion designer, returned to painting and drawing in 2001 and has gained a growing following who collect his strong portraits, atmospheric skyscapes and still lifes. His work is collected by admirers across the UK and Europe. His growing reputation has been highlighted […]

Linda Kinsman-Blake has been creating distinctive, hand-thrown pottery and Paintings in the Scottish Borders since 1979, after graduating with a BA in Ceramics from Stoke-on-Trent. She works from a family-run studio in the village of Smailholm, where she has worked alongside her husband, Rankin, for over four decades. All materials are processed in-house, with clays, […]

An award winning painter, Lindsey maintains a busy schedule of exhibiting work throughout the UK and is represented in both public and private art collections. She is an elected Professional Member of both the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) and Visual Arts Scotland (VAS). Lindsey lives and works in Edinburgh. Lindsey was originally trained and […]

Lindsay has been making jewellery for the last 19 years. She is largely self-taught and loves nothing more than learning and trying out new techniques. This has resulted in a range that is always expanding and evolving. Working from her studio in Glasgow, Lindsay uses brass, copper and semi-precious stones to add warmth and colour […]

Lorna was born in 1965. She studied Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art and completed her Master of Arts degree at Wrexham Glyndwr University in 2019, graduating with distinction. She has successfully exhibited her work widely both in the UK and internationally. Most recently she was Artist in Residence at Ty Pawb gallery […]