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Guest Artists
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We have several guest artists whose work we exhibit, not necessarily all at once. They are all well established in their practice and we detail brief biographies of each. More details are available on request.
Rikki o`Neill from Dundee is an illustrator by profession and self taught artist as well as being an internationally awarded photographer, until recently chairman of the Royal Photographic Society Visual Art Fellowship awards. He exhibits, lectures and judges widely and his quirky illustrations are created from many photographs. He also paints and recently decorated one of the penguins for the Maggie Centre project. His work is on art paper, both framed, unframed and as cards. We try always to have some of Rikki`s work in stock.He decorated an Oor Wullie for the 2019 project, but it was on display in Aberdeen rather than Dundee. Rikki won the Wraptious competition for 2023 which saw selected images appearing nationwide on merchandise.During his working career, Rikki worked for Valentines Cards and DC Thomson, both well known Dundee institutions, doing cartoons for the Sunday Post for many years. His most recent public art work was decorating 3 Scottie Dog sculptures for the East Neuk of Fife Scottie Dog Trail in summer of 2023.
Kirstie Behrens lives in the East NEuk of Fife, one of a talented artistic family. As a child she exhibited drawings at Pittenweem Festival then studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, graduating in 2019, her exhibition being a sell out.
She is a printmaker, working from metal plate etchings created from her drawings. She works at the Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts. She creates limited numbered editions, a long process involving inking up the plate for each impression. She has a distinctive monochromatic style, often trees or North West of Scotland landscapes. She exhibits widely and her work is much sought after.
Liz Myhill RSW is a Scottish Artist and Printmaker whose observational works are gathered through working "en plein air". A deep rooted connection to her native Isle of Skye and the rugged Highland Landscape shapes her life and work providing a wealth of inspiration. The act of watching and recording allows Liz to forge a connection with her subjects and evoke a sense of place. Some fieldworks are an end in themselves, others are developed into studio paintings or prints at her studio in Perth Creative Exchange, a Wasp studio. She has been on many expeditions further afield on residencies and study trips. She has been as far afield as India, Cuba and South America.
Liz studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and exhibits widely, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour and Society of Wildlife Artists. Recent awards were 2023, RSW Watermark Award, 2022, Associateship of SWLA, Highland Art Prize shortlist, She has since 2017 been a professional member of the RSW..
Anne Russell SSA BA Hons Fine Art, based near Dundee is a noted Printmaker working out of the Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts where she has a long connection.Her work is influenced by the sky, the light and the constant change of weather. She makes sketches and studios while walking the shores and coastlines.
She works mainly in Intaglio, monoprint and relief print, often combining all 3 techniques. Her monoprints are made on the etching press by building multiple layers of semi transparent inks to produce one final image or variations of the same image. Originally from Orkney, Anne is still influenced by the North East Coast as well as nearer home.. She is a professional member of the SSA and exhibits widely including The Bankside Gallery, London, home of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.
Anne Skinner RSW, from Dundee is a Drawing and Painting graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee then worked in further education as a lecturer in the fine art department at Dundee College teaching a wide variety of art and design subjects. Now retired, she both paints and does printmaking at Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio.She has exhibited widely including RSW, RSA, VAS and RGi as well as many Galleries.
Anne develops her ideas from observation and interprets them using a variety of methods and disciplines. Her aim is to capture the essence of the subject or capture a fleeting moment in time.
Libby Scott B/des Hons, from Perthshire works mainly in acrylics creating landscapes influenced by her sketching while out in the hills with her dog. Her work tend towards the abstract while capturing the mood and colours of the land. Libby`s work is beautifully presented, often in wide but narrow format
Luisa Ramazzoti is a landscape artist who paints the Scottish Landscape and Venice in oils and pastels. She also works digitally, modifying photographs of her paintings to achieve unexpected images and unusual effects She has exhibited widely, with many solo exhibitions. She now works from a Wasp studio at Perth Creative Exchange..
She has exhibited widely and had several solo exhibitions as well as Group Exhibitions and enters Open Submission Exhibitions, Aberdeen Arts Society, RGI Glasgow, Moray Art Centre and Meffan Institute amongst others.
Ross Ormerod from Perth is a skilled leatherworker, we carry a range of his leather finished pewter hip flasks, and dog paw keyrings . Ross is also a skilled sporran maker and we can refer enquiries to him. Along with his wife Louise, they also offer an extensive printing service, photographs, posters, artwork, labels and much more. They can offer an online service, we can refer queries to them.This trades as Craigrossie Printing
Paul Fieldsend, from near Milnathort started printmaking in 2016, taking several courses. His current practice focuses on the Toyobo polymer etching and photo plate lithography processes which offer great flexibility in creating work, both representational and abstract. His inspiration is the natural world, leaves, grasses and flowers, both living and in states of decay. Source material comes from garden or countryside. The prints emerge from initial photographs, editing images, observing detail and seeing how the use of different processes, inks and papers can change the result. Paul is an active member of Edinburgh Printmakers and is a board trustee and a member of the SSA
Dorothy (Dot) Beveridge from Tayport works with felt, creating beautifully detailed beetles, mice and rabbits, as well as ceramic pendants. She has also produced screenprints. She can do commissions of felt animals.
Sabrin Miller from Perthshire is a figurative artist, her main interest lies in animals and wildlife seen during daily walks. She creates monochrome oil paintings in black or brown using a reductive technique involving removing paint from the surface of the canvas giving a more dramatic yet sensitive portrayal of the animal. She graduated in 2010, having studied fine art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee. Her work started with greyhounds then featured horses and donkeys and now varying wildlife such as squirrels and deer.
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Linda Kosciewicz, recently moved to Angus graduated in Drawing and Painting, DA from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and MA in Conservation of Fine Art (Painting) from Northumbria University. She is a member of the Society of Scottish Artists and is a member of Glasgow Printmakers Studio and Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop.She has exhibited widely and has many awards and residencies with her work in several collections, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Collection, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow. She currently works with polymer photogravure and collage, drawing plus digital drawing, mixed media and photography. Recently she has been working on images arising from her response to the Ukraine war, some featuring maps of Ukraine.
Alison Price from Perth is a visual artist working out of her studio at Perth Creative Exchange. She is a Graduate in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Dundee. Her drawings and paintings begin with being in the landscape. Working on location, quickly responding to sights and sounds to capture the essence of a place then prompted by sketches and found objects, her work is developed in the studio. She is interested in using expressive mark-making to communicate the feeling and atmosphere of being in that place. In addition to her own practice, she enables others to discover their creativity by facilitating workshops in Care Homes, Hospitals and in the community
Evelyn White, a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, professional member of SSA and VAS, taught art for many years. She now shares a studio at Wasps Perth Creative Exchange with husband Richard. Evelyn does painting, printmaking and collage, mainly in abstract form.
Richard White, a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art is a professional member of SSA and VAS and has exhibited widely in their open submission exhibitions as well as RSA and RSW. Richard works with painting, collage and printmaking, creating abstract images, some very large. He shares a studio at Wasps Perth Creative Exchange with his wife, Evelyn.
Su Grierson is a visual artist from Perthshire, using video, images, sound, text and installation as well as painting and ceramics. Her work relates to land and landscape which she will approach from differing non traditional perspectives, working on a project basis and exhibiting in galleries, social spaces and historic venues in Scotland and abroad.
In her work she aims to visually and aurally stimulate and challenge our understanding and awareness of the land and contemporary social issues. Having lived on an organic family farm near Perth, she is actively involved in developing contemporary art and supporting artists living outside of the urban centres.
Kenneth Steven is a poet and artist, based on the Isle of Seil but formerly from Dunkeld, Perthshire. He is an essayist and feature writer as well as authoring and illustrating childrens books. Poetry is his first love, being inspired by place, having grown up in Highland Scotland.
As a painter, he captures the wildscape of Scotland and its ever changing ligh.
Susan Hutchison BA(Hons) DJCAD 1990 combines fine art painting with teaching art and design, working from her studio at Perth Creative Exchange. She works with oils or watercolours, reflecting the surroundings in which she lives, taking inspiration from the wildlife, farm animals and pets.
She has worked as a freelance illustrator, completing many commissions for publishers and galleries. She exhibits widely in severals galleries..
Judith Rowan BA(Hons) Fine Art SSA
Judithlives and practises in Edinburgh, having had her work included in numerous UK exhibitions, SSA, RSA, VAS plus Solo "Missing" at John Muir`s birthplace in Dunbar. She has work in several public collections and has been recipient of several awards.Currently she contributes to Edinburgh Lofi Photography Collective and has been involved in Art Walk Porty in Portobello.
She has produced several photo books, using Polaroid, woodcut and linocut, her exhibited work is based on the natural world, landscapes, plants drawn and remembered in print.