Archives: Artists

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 […]

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 […]