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ABOUT ME

I was born in Edinburgh. Growing up in Scotland and enjoying the vibrancy and intensity of the Scottish landscape and clarity of light, my rich visual appreciation of colour is embedded in my roots as a Scottish Colourist.

Great, great granddaughter of Scottish architect, David Bryce, I have lived and worked in London since 1978. I have exhibited my work nationally and internationally. My exhibition biography commenced very prestigiously at the Royal Academy and John Moores Liverpool Exhibition. My paintings have been filmed for an independent production for Channel 4, and for Lewisham College.

Since 1990 I have taught Fine Art subjects in Adult Education and Colleges. I have also delivered workshops for the Whitechapel Art Gallery, APT Trust and schools throughout London. My teaching experience is rich and varied and always enjoyable. I have a natural empathy with people, which is essential when sharing and teaching new skills.

MY WORK

upcoming exhibits

My paintings are big, bold, generous and colourful. Layers of colour resonate within these paintings as surfaces collide and mingle. The works look best displayed in spaces where you cannot get too far back from them – this enables one to explore the evocative painterly surfaces without trying to create identifiable shapes or forms within the paintings.

KEEP IN TOUCH

Since the advent of digital photography, I have incorporated photography more and more into my visual arts practice. Photography is a visual enquiry resonating with emotional intensities of perception, form and space. Core concepts of Art and Design run throughout my photographic practice. Photography is all about light, which I pursue and add to my images with a passion, similar to the way in which colour is central to my paintings. I pursue light with intensity.
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