Largs, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Explore nature's landscapes offers a lifetime of discovery. Remembering the ground is archaic and h...
About the artist
Joined In 2019
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About the artist
Joined In 2019
(2 Followers)
Explore nature's landscapes offers a lifetime of discovery.
Remembering the ground is archaic and has a language all it's own.
Against that permanence, an ever changing wind, light & seasonal variations construct different grammars.
The delight of heathers interwoven with other flora allows spiritual colours of mauves and purples.
Painting is about looking and 'seeing' intently. We all see a subject differently. I hope my work challenges the viewers notion of landscape.
I grew up on a mixed farm. This allowed me the access and freedom to explore nature in all its glory.
The landscape is changing radically with the effects of climate change and the advancements in farming practices together with urbanisation creep. The countryside is changing as we once knew it.
My interest as an artist lies in the effect man has on the land. In particular the way farmers and land workers inadvertently create barriers that resemble 'installations' to keep in their livestock ( or not as is the case most often). Various configurations of obscure objects such as rusting corrugated sheeting, wire meshing, the odd tree stump or an old oil drum, when creatively assembled provide a barrier and an interesting installation deserving of an...
Leicester College of Art and Design
Diploma in Art and Design &
RSA award
1964 - 1968
Lincolnshire College of Art and Design
Foundation Studies + Btech Diploma
1992 - 1993
University College of Ripon and York St John
BA Combined Degree in Fine Art Painting and English Literature
1994 - 1998
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Gracefield Art Centre - Ladies First Exhibition, Poetry
2018 BeltieBookCafe & Art Gallery - Exhibition of Oils (one woman)
2014 Gracefield Art Centre - Cafe Christmas Print Exhibition
2015 John Green Fine Art.
Bath Street, Glasgow
2011 Catstrand Gallery, New Galloway - One woman Oils and Mixed Media
2009 Stranraer Museum & Gracefield Art Centre - Exhibition of works
2009 Drumterlie Steading Studio 58
Red Barn Gallery, Penrith
Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite - Land Mark 11 Exhibition
2005 Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite - New Horizons Exhibition
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh -Summer Exhibition
2003 Chambers Art Gallery, Moffat, Dumfriesshire - Christmas Exhibition
2003 Corbridge, Northumberland - Exibition at The Art Cafe
2003 Newcastle, Northumberland - Biscuit Factory
2003 Newcastle - The Northumbria University, Exhibition of small works
2003 Talkin' Tarn, Brampton - Workshop
2003 Carlisle, Prism Arts
2003 Churches Together, Cumbria - Tryptic commission
2002 Winsor & Newton Winner of Best Artist Award
2002 Exhibited at Blake Gallery, York
1998 York City Art Gallery -First Impressions Exhibition
1997 Beningborough Hall, North Yorkshire - Ar...
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