Archives: Artists

Born and raised in North Yorkshire, Sally works from sketches and photomontages, using the figure as a starting point for an exploration of colour, texture, and pattern. Her fascination with the human form led her to spend many hours in the life room, honing her drawing and painting skills from the life model. From this […]

Glasgow based Sandra graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in Embroidered and Woven Textile Design before going on to a successful career in the Interior Design Industry. Striving to capture the atmosphere and evocation of a scene, Sandra seems to deconstruct the very components of a composition and rearrange them in a […]

Born on the west coast of Scotland. Sheila is a Glasgow School of Art graduate. After spending many years living in London, working as an illustrator, art lecturer and painter she has returned to Scotland where she now a full time painter. Her original observations of landscape, verge and hedgerow and her encounters with the […]

Shona Harcus is a Scottish painter who balances her full-time art practice with being a mother to two young children. “I’m incredibly passionate about the Scottish landscape, in particular the West Coast and Hebridean Islands. The colours and wide open expanses uplift me and speak to a deep spiritual connection I feel to the sea. […]

Born in Glasgow in 1991, Sian recently graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design where she gained a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. Heavily inspired by film, music and a keen interest in body language, it is her aim to capture the beauty and vulnerability of the ephemeral, using oil paint […]

Simon is a contemporary Scottish landscape and still life artist, whose  paintings are characterised by references to Scottish life and society, incorporating fish, boats, religious symbols and everyday items. These objects are arranged upon a rich textural ground created by the application of multiple layers of acrylic paint. He has worked with acrylic paint for […]

Stanley Bird works with a broad palette to create exciting images that seize the imagination, he works in acrylic and mixed media. His work ranges from large scale representational paintings to smaller more intimate paintings of animals and birds. He has exhibited in many Scottish galleries, the Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI) Paisley Art institute (PAI) […]

Stuart Buchanan was born in Glasgow in 1970. He studied Fine Art Drawing and Painting at the Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 1992. He has been working as a professional artist after setting up his art studio in 1993. Since then Stuart has firmly established himself as a leading name within the Contemporary […]

I am an Artist based in Stirling in Scotland. Originally I embarked on an academic and teaching career in Geology but at 30 I started classes at Glasgow School of Art and changed my focus to creating and exhibiting art. I sketch everyday which builds up into a visual diary, a story, a timeline. The […]

I paint emotion between figures, paint applied with urgency and texture, the introduction of wood and other materials add an organic edge, sometimes using the form and at other times ignoring what is there but embracing the lines created from the different levels. More recently I find my paintings evolving and becoming more abstract with […]