John Muir remarked, ‘When I heard the storm I made haste to join it; for in storms nature has always something extra fine to show us…’
And the Scottish landscape always has something extra fine to show us.
In layered landscape paintings, I aim to provoke passion for the natural world: to show what is, what once was, and explore where we go from here. En plein air mark-making in ink, watercolour, and pencil are the basis for my studio work in oil or mixed media, using palette knife, rag, brush and fingers.
Biography
Transplanted from the US, I now live in Fife. After marketing the City of Edinburgh for international conferences, I co-founded Wild at Art, offering art experiences for visitors to Scotland. This was the hook that pulled me into developing my own art work. I’ve had no prior art training and my three years in Leith School of Art courses has been critical in developing my skills. My creative energy comes from immersion in the stunning Scottish countryside. I use textures, a variety of materials and mark making to convey an intimate relationship with the landscape.
