Archives: Artists

Louise was born in Edinburgh and excelled at art at school. Having pursued the ‘safe bet’ of a 9-to-5 career, she decided when she turned 50 to go with her gut instincts and pursue her passion for painting full time. She made the move to the Scottish Borders in 2017. Her work aims to express […]

I am a painter and picture-story-teller, working from home in my native Scotland, where I am surrounded by big beautiful hills and woods and wild things (my two boys, owls, foxes, blackbirds and bumblebees).  I am inspired by the wild, its lore and its creatures; I also love the wild inside, and the symbols we use to […]

Maddie likes to work with a variety of materials to create landscapes and imagery inspired by the natural world that strikes a balance between abstraction and representation. The dynamic energy seen in the paintings are often Maddie’s response to observed changes in the landscape; ‘the movement of the sea, the merging of sea with land […]

Mairi Stewart studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art graduating in 1977 and following a successful career in teaching, retired early in order to paint full time. Mairi’s work is an infusion of her daily observations and is an intuitive response to the relationship that selected objects have with memory. She finds constant […]

More than one year on from being invited to create a body of work for my solo exhibition, my vision has finally taken shape for the Greengallery show. After a long, exhilarating creative journey, I’ve finally realised a carefully assembled collection of bold, resonant paintings and monotypes that represent where I’m at right now as […]

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 […]

Matilda Sandground is a mixed media artist based on the East Coast of Scotland. A recent graduate of DJCAD, she holds a degree in Printed Textiles (2020) and a Fine Art Drawing Masters (2023). Her contemporary practice combines collage, drawing, and sculpture to explore ecological themes and our connection to nature. Inspired by the Scottish […]

“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 […]