CV
I grew up on a mixed farm. This allowed me the access and freedom to explore nature in all its glory.
The landscape is changing radically with the effects of climate change and the advancements in farming practices together with urbanisation creep. The countryside is changing as we once knew it.
My interest as an artist lies in the effect man has on the land. In particular the way farmers and land workers inadvertently create barriers that resemble 'installations' to keep in their livestock ( or not as is the case most often). Various configurations of obscure objects such as rusting corrugated sheeting, wire meshing, the odd tree stump or an old oil drum, when creatively assembled provide a barrier and an interesting installation deserving of an artist's attention.
Drystane dyking outlines and defines areas of land, there for us all to marvel. When in decline they tumbledown and become dishevelled providing that gap or extra doorway into the vista ahead. Framing the landscape in a natural way for the artist to depict.
It has been my aim to catch those disappearing elements where souls scour a living from those wild and woolly outcrops from the Hebrides to the open vistas of Northumberland and beyond.
Education and Qualifications
Leicester College of Art and Design
Diploma in Art and Design &
RSA award
1964 - 1968
Lincolnshire College of Art and Design
Foundation Studies + Btech Diploma
1992 - 1993
University College of Ripon and York St John
BA Combined Degree in Fine Art Painting and English Literature
1994 - 1998
WORK EXPERIENCE
Work in Publishing and Design Studios
1968 - 1972
Hamlyn Publishing Company
Designed their corporate identity programme
Book Designer and Music media
1972 - 1974
Art Editor on Building Design
for Morgan Grampian Publishers
Conran Design Group
Designer of international Corporate identity programmes, Wallis, BOCMSILCOCK, Reef Hotel, Seychelles.
1974 -1975 Spent time in Tanzania
1975 - 1976 Cirencester Museum,
Designed interiors
Following a further BA Combined Degree in Fine Art Painting & English Literature course I have painted for exhibition until the present day.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 October - January 2020
The Whitehouse Gallery
Kirkcudbright - Autumn Wild
Nature's Design
2019 Gracefield Art Centre - Ladies First Exhibition, Poetry
2018 BeltieBookCafe & Art Gallery - Exhibition of Oils (one woman)
2014 Gracefield Art Centre - Cafe Christmas Print Exhibition
2015 John Green Fine Art.
Bath Street, Glasgow
2011 Catstrand Gallery, New Galloway - One woman Oils and Mixed Media
2009 Stranraer Museum & Gracefield Art Centre - Exhibition of works
2009 Drumterlie Steading Studio 58
Red Barn Gallery, Penrith
Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite - Land Mark 11 Exhibition
2005 Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite - New Horizons Exhibition
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh -Summer Exhibition
2003 Chambers Art Gallery, Moffat, Dumfriesshire - Christmas Exhibition
2003 Corbridge, Northumberland - Exibition at The Art Cafe
2003 Newcastle, Northumberland - Biscuit Factory
2003 Newcastle - The Northumbria University, Exhibition of small works
2003 Talkin' Tarn, Brampton - Workshop
2003 Carlisle, Prism Arts
2003 Churches Together, Cumbria - Tryptic commission
2002 Winsor & Newton Winner of Best Artist Award
2002 Exhibited at Blake Gallery, York
1998 York City Art Gallery -First Impressions Exhibition
1997 Beningborough Hall, North Yorkshire - ArtGains Exhibition
Gwendoline aged 18 years old at the start of her career 1965
