Stephen Howard Harrison

I live and paint in Edinburgh, Scotland, and also Fife, Scotland.


The great thing about having original paintings in the home is that you get to live with them, to see them in different light, or in different moods. To find oneself looking at them by chance, or deliberately. It is very different than seeing them on line or in a gallery or a publication or reproduction.

I was born in London, but when I was 18 years old I moved to Edinburgh and attended the Edinburgh College Of Art for 4 years in the Drawing and Painting School, finishing up with a post-graduate year there. I have remained in Edinburgh ever since and have made it my home.

My mother, Mary Kent Harrison, RBA, NEAC was a successful painter and the family home was often redolent with the scent of artists oil paint. I often gain much strength by studying her work.

I find inspiration for my paintings by going about my everyday life keeping my eyes open for places or situations that I find inspiring as source material for painting compositions. I always feel better if I paint each day. I find it very positive and makes me feel good. At the moment I am interested in developing my range of colours and am using some more subtle greys. I take a lot of time to choose the ...

Edinburgh College Of Art, 1977-81. BA Hons, and Post Graduate Studies, Drawing and Painting.

2023 - 20th to 26th January 2023. Solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh

2022 -The Aberdeen Artists Society's Exhibition in Aberdeen Art Gallery. One of my paintings, 'St Monans Harbour, Fife' included in the exhibition. 16th April to 3rd July 2022

2021 People Place Perspectives - Colinton Arts - Edinburgh. October 7th to November 13th 2021.

2021 - ABERDEEN ARTISTS SOCIETY ONLINE 2021 SUMMER EXHIBITION - 12TH JUNE TO 29TH AUGUST 2021
​(ONE PAINTING INCLUDED)

2020 : SOCIETY OF SCOTTISH ARTISTS : 30X30 ONLINE EXHIBITION (Group show) : 26th November to 20th DECEMBER 2020

2020 : A Summer Exhibition 1st to 31st August 2020


2019 : Pittenweem Arts Festival 3rd to 11th August. Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland

2018 : Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh. I have a painting "The Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Winter' included in this years Open Exhibition : Saturday 23 June - Wednesday 25 July 2018.

Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, 16th to 21st December 2016

5th to 10th August 2016 - Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ. I will be exhibiting my paintings here during the Edinburgh International Arts Festival in 2016.

20th to 25th February 2015 - Dundas Street Gallery, 6A Dundas St, E...