Jackie Holms

I enjoy getting out into the landscape and experiencing the elements that shape it. I like to gather sensory information on location through sketching, painting, photography and writing to take back to my studio where I seek to get the image out of my ‘eye’ and onto the canvas.

My painting is a process of sensory map making - how the landscape is glimpsed: the light and colours; the textures and feeling; the smell - all of which contribute to the visceral portrayal of a sense of place. My paintings are often accompanied by original prose poems which augment the painting’s experience.

My paintings draw inspiration from the dramatic Scottish coastline, the quality of light, crystal seas, rugged mountains and arching skies, as well as the forms, colours and textures of the environment as the natural world slowly reclaims and repairs. I am fascinated by the edges where cultivation meets wilderness, the tiny cracks where life thrives and ancient traces of past habitations hold out against the relentless onslaught of the elements.

My work is largely intuitive, the act of painting starts a process of discovery and acts to build a stronger sense of experience of the landscape in question. Working with mixed media, multiple l...

I studied Art & Design at Harrogate College and Edinburgh College of Art with specialisations in Sculpture, Painting and Glass Design.

Current/Future Exhibitions
Dalkeith Country House and Palace VAS 30x30 - August 2025
VAS Biennial 30x30 - December 2025 to January 2026
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Past Exhibitions​
2025 - Borders Art Fair/VAS 30x30
2025 - Upright Gallery/Braid Bowling Club
2024 - SSA 30x30
2024 - The Big Art Show, Paisley
2024 - An Talla Solais Members’ Show
2024 - CasildArt ‘EmpowerHER: Creativity, Courage & Magical Thinking’
2023 - SSA 30x30