Cherylene Dyer
Clare Hewitt
Ewan McClure
Graeme Wilcox
Keith Byres
Kelly Anne Cairns
Craig Waddell
Danny Fitzpatrick
David Duncan
David Caldwell
Donna McGlynn
Gregory Rankine
Hayley Whittingham
Helen Wilson
Kevin M.A. Cunningham
Maree Hughes
Moira McInally
Rosie Savin Angel
Stephanie Rew
Steve Paterson
Virginia Colley
William Wood
Selected for the 2017 and the 2018 Scottish Portrait Awards exhibitions
Lydia (2018)
2018 SPA Second Prize
SPA 2018 Exhibition 70 x 60 cm, Oil on canvas, Not for sale. All rights reserved
In the portrait of Lydia, I was fascinated by the different colours of light and shade and the delicate other-worldliness of the sitter's profile.
Self (2018)
Self-portraits enable me to take greater risks, to explore the boundaries between the abstract qualities of the paint and the identity of the sitter - who is present both in the image and in the marks that make it up.
SPA 2018 Exhibition 70 x 60 cm, Oil on canvas, £2,500, All rights reserved
Jamie King (SPA 2017)
The portrait is of artist Jamie King whose work often features portraiture and mental health issues. (2017 SPA)
SPA 2017 Exhibition, Jaimie King 100 x 80 cm Oil on board £3,200., All rights reserved
My work is about trying to capture the energy of the sitter, using the expressive qualities of paint while working from life. ! am interested in the complexity and transience of experience. I try to translate that into a representation that is both authentic and sensitive to the subject.
I am a portrait and figure artist,and teacher based in Edinburgh, where I teach workshops in painting, drawing and anatomy.
I studied at Edinburgh College of Art and have exhibited widely in the UK and beyond. My work has featured in the BP Portrait Awards exhibition and the Threadneedle Figurative Art Exhibition. I have participated in the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year and published two books: The Language of the Body (2012) and Unstill Life (2017).
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Other work outside the Scottish Portrait Awards - All rights reserved
Self portrait, 2014, oil on panel, 120 x 80 cms
Topaz, 2015, Oil on panel, 50 x 40 cms
Julian Fellowes, 2014. Oil on panel, 80 x 60 cms.