Claire was born in Ayr and graduated from Glasgow School of Art in the early 1990s. In 2005 she was elected member of RSW (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour). With a passion for the natural world – birds, wildlife and landscapes, Claire’s painting has taken her around the …
Joe McIntyre was born in Dundee in 1940 and schooled and studied art in Dundee until 1964 when he graduated in Fine Art from Duncan Jordanstone College of Art. He was thereafter awarded a Post Graduate Scholarship and a Royal Scottish Academy Bursary in 1965. Joe won the RSA Students …
George was born, grew up and was educated in Glasgow. He trained at Glasgow School of Art 1957-61 under William Armour & David Donaldson (1957 – 61) followed by a year of post graduate study (1961 – 62 Highly commended). He then taught in schools in Aberdeenshire, Glasgow & Fife …
Heather was born in Glasgow in 1947 and has had a lifelong interest in the arts. She taught in primary schools for several years but is now a private piano teacher in Dundee, her home for more than thirty years. With no formal art training, Heather has developed her own …
Nichola Martin is an award winning artist graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee in 2007. Whilst at art school Nichola was awarded the John Kinross Scholarship which enabled her to study in the city of Florence, Italy and also won the Scottish Further Education Unit Prize both …
John Lowrie Morrison was born in Glasgow and trained at the Glasgow School of Art. He worked in education for 25 years, taking up full time painting in 1997. In the last decade he has become one of Scotland’s most successful living artists. In the 2011 New Year’s Honours List …
Gail grew up in Manchester and trained there in Wood, Metal and Ceramics before awarded an RCA bursary to take her MA in Jewellery and Silversmithing at the Royal College of Art in London where she won the Bakri Yehia Prize for Excellence in 1983, and in 1995 she …
Frank was born in Glasgow and studied at the University of Huddersfield and then Duncan of Jordanstone Art College here is Dundee. He has a studio in Glasgow. He won an enviable reputation for himself as a contemporary figurative painter, having established a loyal following, including a number of high …
John Johnstone is one of Scotland’s leading artists working in a figurative style. He was born in Forfar in 1941. He studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art from 1959 to 1964 under David McClure and Alberto Morrocco. He later returned to teach life drawing classes to a …
Jack Knox was born in Kirkintilloch in 1936 to Alexander and Jean who had a tailor’s shop. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in the late 1950s, he spent a year at the Paris atelier of the French painter André L’hote. On returning home he used what he had learned …
as born and grew up in Germany near the Danish border. 1983 – 90 I studied at the College of Art and Architecture in Kiel and after a diploma in Architecture worked for various architects in Germany and Britain. 1996 I moved to Scotland and concentrated on lino cutting, painting …
Donald McIntyre is the son of a shepherd. He was educated at Bell Baxter High School in Fife and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. As well as creating his ceramics, Donald worked in advertising and teaching for 40 years. He is now semi-retired and works from his …