Jeanne Mclaughlin

My Studio and I
This is me - the artist in the clocktower. This is the stairwell leading up to my studio with high ceilings there is gothic atmosphere complete with in house spiders. It is a very relaxing place with shelves of books, music player in the corner, easel and worktable. The two clock face workings tick and whirr away, the one window looks out onto the sky and you could just about be anywhere in the world. Warm and balmy in the summer the winters are freezing so feel free to take pity on a cold starving artist during this season.........
Recently a family of magpies moved in under the eaves and have been returning year in year out. I previously disliked these birds but these days I amuse myself watching them squabble and have come to admire their intelligence, resourcefulness as well as their dedication to their family unit. Sometimes they eye me up when their hopping around the roof near my window and I have come to realise as I watch them in my studio surrounded by my collection of bits and bobs that I am very much a magpie - collecting shiny items, old clocks, books, postcards etc.
So in honour of this the clocktower, the magpies and the books are now prominent in promotional material. They are also going to fea...

I am a self taught artist, although guidance from my father educated at Glasgow Art school has been very welcome. I love to create and have been selling my work up and down the UK through art and craft fairs for the last 15 years.I have recently graduated with a MA honours in Psychology (my other passion)Past exhibitions:Mellerstain House, Nrth BerwickHarewood House, Nrth YorkshireAlwnick Castle ,NorthumberlandScone Palace , Pethshire Blair Castle, Pitlochry Rothiemurchus Estate, AviemoreEdinburgh assembly RoomsBrodie Castle, ForresGlamis Castle, DundeeCulzean Castle, CulzeanNormanby House, ScunthorpePrevious CommissionsWorld health Organistion- Red Ribbon Art showThe SamaritansCompaq ComputersGlasgow City CouncilCairngorm Reindeer CentreEdinburgh Butterfly FarmVolunteer workPhototgraphic Mural- Douglas AcademyGLasgow Association of Mental Health ,