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David Cook (49) is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of
Art and Design where he received numerous awards including the Pat
Holmes memorial Prize, The Mitchell Prize, The Ian Eadie Award, the
George Drumfork travelling Scholarship and The Farquhar Reid
Scholarship.
In his first year out of college David was awarded first prize in the
James Guthrie Painting Prize at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. David
has also won First Prize at the annual student show 4th year at Royal
Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
For more than 20 years David has had solo exhibitions in Scotland and
London as well as exhibiting in group shows both at home and overseas.
During that time David has also been the recipient of numerous arts awards.
“ I absorb and paint instinctively what is about me, nature, life.”
(David Cook)
David lives and works near St. Cyrus in Kincardineshire.
Rebecca Firth (44) studied social science at Aberdeen University
in the early eighties. She then followed a career in various education
related positions at the same time as bringing up her own children.
In 1999 she took a Foundation Art and Design course at Telford College,
Edinburgh, followed by a BA (hons) Painting degree at Edinburgh College
of Art and an MFA Painting as a post-graduate student at, again at
Edinburgh College of Art.
In 2004 Rebecca won the Sir Robin Philipson medal for painting, RSA student
exhibition. At her degree show in the same year she won the Archeus Prize
for Painting and the Catriona White Prize fro drawing. In 2006 Rebecca
was short listed for Bloomberg Contemporaries 2006.
“My work is inspired by the complex patterns found in dense woodland
and undergrowth. This inspiration comes from the many wild places in
Edinburgh itself and from woodlands in Fife and Perthshire”
(Rebecca Firth)
Rebecca lives and works in Edinburgh.
Ingrid A Fraser (22) graduated from Gray's School of Art with a BA (Hons)
in Fine Art, specialising in Painting. In 2005 Ingrid won 2nd Prize in
the Summer Salon Awards at The Meffan.
Ingrid has undertaken research trips in Scotland and Finland and has
exhibited in group shows throughout the North East of Scotland.
"My work of slightly obscure landscapes represents the footprints of
the people, both ancient and modern, who have lived in Scotland. I
feel our struggles with identity and belonging are bound up in our
relationship with the landscapes we inhabit." (Ingrid Fraser)
Ingrid was brought up near Laurencekirk and now lives and works in Montrose.
Willie Fulton (61) is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art and, following
a career in teaching, took early retirement in 1998 to paint on a full time
basis. He first approached mainland commercial galleries in 2002.
Willie has since exhibited in the RSA and has had solo exhibitions throughout
Scotland. He has also been represented at Art Fairs in Scotland, England, USA
and France. He is an artist member of Paisley Art Institute.
“ The compulsion to paint, to make marks, lures me to the studio each day.
Every work, like a performance, seeks to add something gained from the last
attempt. It may be inspired by a passage of light, the serenity of a Hebridean
dawn, a full moon over the islands, or perhaps, gentle rain over the Minch.
In an ever changing landscape, it never gets easier, but sometimes the right
note is struck and that can give such joy and satisfaction that a return to
the easel is inevitable.” (Willie Fulton)
Willie has lived and worked on the Island of Harris since 1976.
Helen Glassford (30) gained a Masters of Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone
College of Art and Design having previously graduated BA (Hons) Fine Art,
Drawing and Painting from DJCA. In 1998 Helen won the Sir Robin Phillipson
Memorial Medal, RSA, the Highland Spring Purchase Prize and the Cuthbert New
Young Artist Award, RGI. Then in 1999 Helen won the Armour Award, RGI.
Helen has exhibited throughout Scotland and England.
“Helen Glassford’s paintings are in essence abstractions of the Scottish
landscape in which she finds herself immersed. Her methodology is in a
constant state of flux; a condition perpetuated by her experience of the
shifting weather systems that roll inexorably across this landscape, like
a counterpoint to the slow creep of geological time. She reacts freely to
the immensity of nature before her, attempting both to capture the spirit
of place, and humanity’s transient experience of it.” (Helen Glassford)
Helen lives and in Newport-on-Tay and works at WASPS studios, Dundee.
Jamie Hageman (28) is a self taught artist.
In 2006 Jamie was selected to exhibit at the Aspect prize exhibition at Paisley
Museum and Art Gallery. He has also shown work at Fort William’s Mountain Film
Festival since its conception, the Lochaber Art Club’s annual exhibitions and
his images were used to advertise the 20th anniversary Dundee Mountain Film
Festival.
“ I am often awestruck in the mountains, and would like the viewer to feel the
same emotions when faced with my paintings. I have had countless adventures and
experiences in the Scottish mountains, and I re-live those memories as I paint.”
(James Hageman)
Jamie lives and works in Glencoe.
Anna King (23) graduated BA (hons) Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone
College ofArt and Design, Dundee after a sell-out degree show.
In 2005 Anna received the Royal Scottish Academy Award from the RSA
Student Exhibition and also received the Ian Eadie Award, Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
Since graduating Anna has been working as an artist full time and has
had several solo shows as well as a number of mixed shows in galleries
throughout Scotland.
"I take an alternative view of the Scottish landscape and find myself drawn
to lost, empty places such as a view from the roadside, usually only seen
flashing past through a car window, or the outskirts of a city. I grew up
in the Scottish Borders, surrounded by an expanse of countryside and this
is where the atmosphere of space and light in my work has come from. It is
an aspect of our landscape that will never cease to inspire me."
(Anna King)
Anna lives and works in the Scottish Borders.
Sian MacQueen (34) graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a First
Class BA (Hons) in Fine Art. Having initially studied sculpture including
winning the McGrigor Donald Award for Sculpture in 1994, Sian has been
painting for the past 3 years during which time she has exhibited in
Scotland and London.
“The skies and coastal textures of Argyll are my source of inspiration.
Nothing sits still in the ever shifting weather fronts and tides of the
West Coast, so I paint with acrylic on gesso and using layers of paint
I scrape, sand, rub and score until I find what I’m searching for.”
(Sian MacQueen)
Sian lives and works in Kilmartin, Argyll
Jamie Primrose (34) was born and brought up in Edinburgh. Whilst
still at school in 1989/90, he was awarded First Prize in the ISCis
Exhibition of Independent Schools, Scotland and the Senior Art Prize
and Cheyne Art Prize for Painting at The Edinburgh Academy. Jamie
then graduated with a BA Honours in Fine Art from Newcastle
University in 1994.
Since 2003 Jamie has been a full-time professional contemporary
Scottish landscape and seascape artist and has hosted eight solo
art exhibitions in Edinburgh and one in London. Jamie’s work has
also featured in numerous mixed exhibitions with UK galleries.
“From my artworks you can see that one of my passions is the Scottish
landscape. I am inspired by the colourist tradition of rich Scottish
landscape painting, and in my work, I aim to capture the magical play
of light and atmosphere from the sky onto the landscape and the dramatic
moods of the Scottish weather at different times of day.”
(Jamie Primrose)
Jamie lives and works in Edinburgh.
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