Heather Mcalpine

Heather McAlpine was born in Scotland and moved to London to study art, in 1999 she emigrated to Vancouver, Canada where her paintings were inspired by the wild coastline of the Pacific NorthWest and the Rocky Mountains, with their aquamarine glacial lakes, tree lines, horizons and lake and sea reflections which informed her work. Having recently moved back to the UK she choose to live in the artistic community of St Ives, drawn to the rugged beauty of the Cornish coastline which continues to inspire her paintings.

'Process'
Colour and process are the two fundamental aspects of my work, colour is intuitive and celebratory, starting with a saturated coloured ground, this creates an atmosphere and through the use of layers and a constant reworking of the painted surface, a personal vocabulary of marks develop, using brushes, print rollers, squeegees, any tool that enables me to create and reveal atmospheric layers, a lyrical and fluid atmosphere develops evoking an emotional response in the viewer and memories of landscape. Having gathered sketches, colours, notes, I then like to work on many canvases at the same time as I feel I am physically and emotionally immersed in the painting process, I prefer to use acrylic paint and a v...

1993-95 MA Painting Royal College of Art
1990-93 BA (1st class Hons) Fine Art University of East London
1989-90 Art Foundation Waltham Forest College

2018
Penwith Gallery-Winter Exhibition, St Ives Cornwall
Mariners Gallery-St Ives Society of Artists , Winter Exhibition, St Ives Cornwall
2015
Mary Woerner Fine Art - West Palm beach, Florida, US
Vancouver Art Gallery - Art Rental and Sales, Vancouver
CityScape Community Art Space - Art Rental Program, North Vancouver
2014
North Shore Art Crawl – Open Studio, North Vancouver
UGallery - Online Gallery, San Francisco, US
2013
North Shore Art Crawl – Open Studio, North Vancouver
Art Party – Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove , North Vancouver
2012
100 Years / 100 Artists – Group Exhibition, The Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver
North Shore Art Crawl – Open Studio
Anonymous Art Show –  Cityscape gallery, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, N. Vancouver
2011
DisCOVEy Show – Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, North Vancouver
U8 – Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
Lay/er/ed – Group Exhibition, Four Heathers, The Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver
2010
Cove Creek Gallery – Deep Cove, North Vancouver
Anonymous Art Show – Cityscape, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, North Vancouver
Athletes Village – Olympic Village, Vancouver
2009
Take Root – Four Heathers, Leighdon Studio Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Fou...