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Bob McPherson
Following early retirement from social work, I developed a passion for art. I studied art in Glasgow and then in Edinburgh.
My creative journey has always been shaped by an intuitive pull toward abstraction and expressionism.
My practice is rooted in spontaneity and emotional honesty. I’ve become especially drawn to painting head figures. They are non gender specific, ageless, and classless, I have a sense of an other worldly presence in them that I don’t find easy to define, a desire to connect with something raw and unfiltered - laughter, tenderness, spirit. I always aim to be authentic, I let my intuition guide me, and allow my work to speak its own language, open, inclusive and quietly radical.
@cheekyweegieart
My creative journey has always been shaped by an intuitive pull toward abstraction and expressionism.
My practice is rooted in spontaneity and emotional honesty. I’ve become especially drawn to painting head figures. They are non gender specific, ageless, and classless, I have a sense of an other worldly presence in them that I don’t find easy to define, a desire to connect with something raw and unfiltered - laughter, tenderness, spirit. I always aim to be authentic, I let my intuition guide me, and allow my work to speak its own language, open, inclusive and quietly radical.
@cheekyweegieart
Geraldine van Heemstra
Walking through the Scottish Highlands and along the coastline, Geraldine transforms the intangibility of the elements of wind and weather into drawings and sketches. Carried out ‘en plein air’ these sketchbooks become her lifeline and inform her larger work.
www.geraldinevanheemstra.com
@geraldinehvh
www.geraldinevanheemstra.com
@geraldinehvh
Anne Mulkeen Murray
Relics of Life Denied is an act of remembrance for the innocents who were buried anonymously in the grounds of the Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Ireland.
Each figure, based on an early celtic cross, is moulded individually from clay, and represents a life cut short, a story buried, and a memory that needs to be honored.
The process of making each individual cross has been a meditation on grief, an acknowledgment of the suffering endured, and a call for empathy and compassion for those whose lives are cut short by neglect, abuse, violence and war.
With this installation, I seek to give presence to the absent, to transform sorrow into remembrance, and to offer a space for collective memory.
@annemulkeenmurray_art
Each figure, based on an early celtic cross, is moulded individually from clay, and represents a life cut short, a story buried, and a memory that needs to be honored.
The process of making each individual cross has been a meditation on grief, an acknowledgment of the suffering endured, and a call for empathy and compassion for those whose lives are cut short by neglect, abuse, violence and war.
With this installation, I seek to give presence to the absent, to transform sorrow into remembrance, and to offer a space for collective memory.
@annemulkeenmurray_art
Val Racher
Val has used her love of art, music, travel and film to create a collection of montages depicting those four themes, which have all had an influence on her life.
Val’s love of art started at an early age and she went on to study ‘A’ level Art and History of Art before embarking on a journey to explore different mediums including encaustic wax, watercolour, wood carving, wood block printing, linocutting, pottery, dichroic jewellery, precious metal. clay, paper cutting, stained glass and suminagashi and has become proficient in linocutting and more recently glass painting.
While creating her pictures for this Exhibition Val has also been able to draw on her extensive travels for inspiration.
https://rachersoncanvas.co.uk/
Val’s love of art started at an early age and she went on to study ‘A’ level Art and History of Art before embarking on a journey to explore different mediums including encaustic wax, watercolour, wood carving, wood block printing, linocutting, pottery, dichroic jewellery, precious metal. clay, paper cutting, stained glass and suminagashi and has become proficient in linocutting and more recently glass painting.
While creating her pictures for this Exhibition Val has also been able to draw on her extensive travels for inspiration.
https://rachersoncanvas.co.uk/
Lisa Kreuziger
Cycle of Growth
Lisa Kreuziger's latest work, a five-page narrative on handmade paper, strives to
capture the dynamic of ambition and failure as a cycle of emotional growth.
www.lisakreuzigerart.com
@lisakreuziger_art
Lisa Kreuziger's latest work, a five-page narrative on handmade paper, strives to
capture the dynamic of ambition and failure as a cycle of emotional growth.
www.lisakreuzigerart.com
@lisakreuziger_art
Feri Kiasati
Feri Kiasati developed an early interest in painting, being drawn to the work of great artists and the connection she felt with their art.
After moving to Britain for postgraduate studies, she worked in molecular biology with a focus on cancer research.
In 2010, she made the decision to leave her scientific career and commit fully to painting. Since then, she studied at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, and co-organised exhibitions with other London-based artists.
Feri exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in 2022, and was shortlisted in 2023.
She primarily paints in oil, taking inspiration from everyday objects. Her goal is to capture them as they are, while including hints of symbolism, focusing on expressing the quiet value
present in ordinary things.
After moving to Britain for postgraduate studies, she worked in molecular biology with a focus on cancer research.
In 2010, she made the decision to leave her scientific career and commit fully to painting. Since then, she studied at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, and co-organised exhibitions with other London-based artists.
Feri exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in 2022, and was shortlisted in 2023.
She primarily paints in oil, taking inspiration from everyday objects. Her goal is to capture them as they are, while including hints of symbolism, focusing on expressing the quiet value
present in ordinary things.
Helen Campbell
Fascinated by physicality, from the movement of the human body to the movement of the waves and the trees. Nature and her elements, twists and turns, are all explored in oil paints. Searching for a sense of balance and connection in an unstable world.
http://www.helencampbellartist.co.uk
@artyhels
http://www.helencampbellartist.co.uk
@artyhels
Douglas Harris
Douglas Harris is an Edinburgh based artists.
He works in a variety of media including various forms of printmaking. His early work featured the rugged industrial landscape of my native West Yorkshire
but have recently focused on the human figure, one of the central motifs of
Western art. Douglas attempts to capture a sense of energy and movement
through the use of mono-print and small-scale mixed-media sculpture.
He works in a variety of media including various forms of printmaking. His early work featured the rugged industrial landscape of my native West Yorkshire
but have recently focused on the human figure, one of the central motifs of
Western art. Douglas attempts to capture a sense of energy and movement
through the use of mono-print and small-scale mixed-media sculpture.
Amanda Carnie
Since retiring in 2014, I have learnt and developed skills in Embroidery and silver jewellery making, which has echoed my lifelong interest in the arts.
Since 2022, I have further developed my interest by developing skills in expressive art techniques.
I am inspired by nature, and trees in particular, learning to express my creativity through the mediums of acrylic, watercolour, mixed media and charcoal.
I am a member of the Accidental Artists Edinburgh
@carnieamanda
Since 2022, I have further developed my interest by developing skills in expressive art techniques.
I am inspired by nature, and trees in particular, learning to express my creativity through the mediums of acrylic, watercolour, mixed media and charcoal.
I am a member of the Accidental Artists Edinburgh
@carnieamanda
Laura Schuster
Crossing the River of Life
"I am inspired to paint by life’s journey through inner landscapes and symbolic images such as those found in dreams, myths and parables. My chosen medium is egg tempera: dry pigment mixed with egg yolk and preservative. It’s a method I learnt at the School of Icon Painting here at St. Margaret’s."
"I am inspired to paint by life’s journey through inner landscapes and symbolic images such as those found in dreams, myths and parables. My chosen medium is egg tempera: dry pigment mixed with egg yolk and preservative. It’s a method I learnt at the School of Icon Painting here at St. Margaret’s."
Christine Calow
Silkscreen prints, and work combining screenprinting and painting. Christine's work is inspired by her travels around the vibrant cities of Rajasthan - alleyways teeming with life and colour, glimpses of brilliantly coloured saris. She has expressed her impressions in abstract form, constructing compositions composed of layers of coloured shapes and textured marks.
@christinecalowartist
www.christinecalow.co.uk
@christinecalowartist
www.christinecalow.co.uk
Esperanza Perkins
Clothes Hold Memories of Your Life
Clothes contain memories and recollections of that person, and Perkins uses them in her portrait drawings to carry on the bond with family members as well as to reflect on her family history.
Each garment holds a memory, or a narrative of that person and Perkins uses clothing to represent family members to tell a story, an experience whether it is social, historical, psychological or cultural. Cloth can also explore identity and
biography representing life and death as well as communicating emotions connected with human experience.
Perkins creates these drawings using pencil and coloured pencil with crocheted accents. Her late Spanish maternal grandmother taught her how to crochet from an
early age, so crochet and drawing were always part of her childhood. She combines the two together to reconstruct and recall the past. To continue these dialogues and recollections, keeping a connection to her family and Spanish heritage.
@esperanzaperkins
www.esperanza.artweb.com
Clothes contain memories and recollections of that person, and Perkins uses them in her portrait drawings to carry on the bond with family members as well as to reflect on her family history.
Each garment holds a memory, or a narrative of that person and Perkins uses clothing to represent family members to tell a story, an experience whether it is social, historical, psychological or cultural. Cloth can also explore identity and
biography representing life and death as well as communicating emotions connected with human experience.
Perkins creates these drawings using pencil and coloured pencil with crocheted accents. Her late Spanish maternal grandmother taught her how to crochet from an
early age, so crochet and drawing were always part of her childhood. She combines the two together to reconstruct and recall the past. To continue these dialogues and recollections, keeping a connection to her family and Spanish heritage.
@esperanzaperkins
www.esperanza.artweb.com
Louise Dougherty
Discovering a deeper connection absorbs my artistic practice. I walk and record my surroundings to explore the metaphor between landscapes and my life experiences.
I record the conflicting differences between being absorbed with the delicacy and power of female experience contrasted or linked to the rhythms of the skies and landscape. I continually investigate how I connect to the landscape whether through memory, physicality or spiritually.
As a Norfolk born Artist, I am inherently inspired by my surroundings. The constant transient nature of the landscape, quietly undulating and ever escaping skies allows me to breathe and meditate and ultimately explore a profound connection to my surroundings and experience.
The use of thread has become quietly integral to my practice. I am exploring the female narrative and endeavouring to demonstrate the potential benefits of true equality by asking poignant questions of the modern female experience. The thread allows the viewer a route of
connection. An invitation to explore further.
This tapestry of colours and textures is sought from many sources and created in many forms from fine watercolour line to physical threads.
As a female artist exploration of the ‘Thread’ represents an historical, cultural and on a personal
level matriarchal symbolism.
Connection is a constant theme of my practice, and I question my connection to my environment. These 3 paintings are part of a woodland meditation series that explores my deep
connection and grounding to woodlands. The sense of peace and calmness from modern life is essential for my soul. I want my viewer to be able to find awe mindfulness and the ability to question how to find inner connection in a modern world.
I record the conflicting differences between being absorbed with the delicacy and power of female experience contrasted or linked to the rhythms of the skies and landscape. I continually investigate how I connect to the landscape whether through memory, physicality or spiritually.
As a Norfolk born Artist, I am inherently inspired by my surroundings. The constant transient nature of the landscape, quietly undulating and ever escaping skies allows me to breathe and meditate and ultimately explore a profound connection to my surroundings and experience.
The use of thread has become quietly integral to my practice. I am exploring the female narrative and endeavouring to demonstrate the potential benefits of true equality by asking poignant questions of the modern female experience. The thread allows the viewer a route of
connection. An invitation to explore further.
This tapestry of colours and textures is sought from many sources and created in many forms from fine watercolour line to physical threads.
As a female artist exploration of the ‘Thread’ represents an historical, cultural and on a personal
level matriarchal symbolism.
Connection is a constant theme of my practice, and I question my connection to my environment. These 3 paintings are part of a woodland meditation series that explores my deep
connection and grounding to woodlands. The sense of peace and calmness from modern life is essential for my soul. I want my viewer to be able to find awe mindfulness and the ability to question how to find inner connection in a modern world.
Laurence Causse-Parsley
Laurence Causse-Parsley (LAC) is a French-British self-taught artist based in London.
Her first solo exhibition took place in Mumbai, India, in 2003.
Shuttling between countries and cultures, she gives herself the freedom to select materials from changing contexts.
The result is a very distinctive style built on a skilled application of mixed media layering techniques and a bold use of colour inherited from her Mediterranean childhood.
An early riser, a passionate urban walker, LAC was inspired by the break of dawn, a moment of stillness full of promises when colours shift gently, to create The Full Moon series.
@art__lac
www.art-lac.com
Her first solo exhibition took place in Mumbai, India, in 2003.
Shuttling between countries and cultures, she gives herself the freedom to select materials from changing contexts.
The result is a very distinctive style built on a skilled application of mixed media layering techniques and a bold use of colour inherited from her Mediterranean childhood.
An early riser, a passionate urban walker, LAC was inspired by the break of dawn, a moment of stillness full of promises when colours shift gently, to create The Full Moon series.
@art__lac
www.art-lac.com
Nayla Cannamela
Nayla Cannamela reinvents papier-mache by merging it with cardboard, embracing raw textures and imperfection, confronting ceramique techniques by breaking free from the symmetry typically achieved through the potter's wheel and the balloons often used as a support in papier-mache creations.
Inspired by Lebanese sanniyé cooking trays, her current works explore themes of heritage, sharing, transmission and memory.
www.naylacannamela.com
@nayla_cannamela
Inspired by Lebanese sanniyé cooking trays, her current works explore themes of heritage, sharing, transmission and memory.
www.naylacannamela.com
@nayla_cannamela
Christine Racher
Christine's art has been influenced by her love of textiles and travel over the years.
She hopes the vibrancy and texture give a feel good factor. The hair on all 4 pieces of art was constructed with 2 ply wool, the other textiles used were embroidery, threads, lace, cotton fabric and nylon material.
Christine first started sewing in primary school with the basic cross stitch design. Over the years she has developed her skill as an embroiderer to bring you these pieces of artwork.
https://rachersoncanvas.co.uk/
She hopes the vibrancy and texture give a feel good factor. The hair on all 4 pieces of art was constructed with 2 ply wool, the other textiles used were embroidery, threads, lace, cotton fabric and nylon material.
Christine first started sewing in primary school with the basic cross stitch design. Over the years she has developed her skill as an embroiderer to bring you these pieces of artwork.
https://rachersoncanvas.co.uk/
Jenny Price
Jenny Price is a British contemporary painter who lives and works in London.
For this exhibition, the paintings have a loose weave incorporated to enhance mood, feeling and texture. Weave and yarn have a tactile and flowing quality, suggesting flux, and movement. The yarns, loosely woven on my loom, include silks, linens and synthetics.
Salt or Tidal Marshes are flooded and drained by salt water twice a day. The meeting of land and salt water and the constantly shifting, waterlogged terrain create a fascinating and beautiful landscape and a continual source of inspiration and reflection on the changes in our lives and to the planet.
@princjm
https://www.jennyprice.gallery/
For this exhibition, the paintings have a loose weave incorporated to enhance mood, feeling and texture. Weave and yarn have a tactile and flowing quality, suggesting flux, and movement. The yarns, loosely woven on my loom, include silks, linens and synthetics.
Salt or Tidal Marshes are flooded and drained by salt water twice a day. The meeting of land and salt water and the constantly shifting, waterlogged terrain create a fascinating and beautiful landscape and a continual source of inspiration and reflection on the changes in our lives and to the planet.
@princjm
https://www.jennyprice.gallery/
Catherine Gowthorpe
Catherine is a painter and textile artist. In her work she aim to convey the profound pleasures of calm observation and contemplation. She is primarily interested in still life and landscape, using colour, shape and line as expressive elements.
catherine.gowthorpe
catherine.gowthorpe
Jennifer Creek
Clothing Poverty
All my life I have loved clothes and textiles. Stitching is the way that I express myself and respond to life’s events; perhaps I was born with a sewing needle in my hand? For many years, I did not think about how my fabrics and clothes were made or where they ended up after being discarded. Since discovering that the fashion industry has major environmental and social costs - in terms of pollution, water use, carbon emissions, human rights and gender inequality -
I have changed my textile practices. My recent work draws attention to the ways that producing and marketing fast fashion contribute to climate change and economic inequality. In this piece, each scrap of clothing came from a friend or family member. The
embroidered quotations were taken from Andrew Brooks’ (2015) book, Clothing poverty.
All my life I have loved clothes and textiles. Stitching is the way that I express myself and respond to life’s events; perhaps I was born with a sewing needle in my hand? For many years, I did not think about how my fabrics and clothes were made or where they ended up after being discarded. Since discovering that the fashion industry has major environmental and social costs - in terms of pollution, water use, carbon emissions, human rights and gender inequality -
I have changed my textile practices. My recent work draws attention to the ways that producing and marketing fast fashion contribute to climate change and economic inequality. In this piece, each scrap of clothing came from a friend or family member. The
embroidered quotations were taken from Andrew Brooks’ (2015) book, Clothing poverty.
Harinder Sahota
People often form deep emotional connections with objects, imbuing them with memories, meaning, and identity. These attachments can stem from significant life events, relationships, or personal milestones. A worn-out sweater, an old photograph, or a childhood toy may hold more value than money, serving as tangible reminders of the past. These objects can act as extensions of the self, linking emotion and memory in powerful ways.
This series of paintings explores friends and their objects - Ketna Patel (artist), Anya Bhogal (psychology student), Mita Shah (yoga teacher) and finally a self portrait.
@harinder_artist
www.harinderartist.com
This series of paintings explores friends and their objects - Ketna Patel (artist), Anya Bhogal (psychology student), Mita Shah (yoga teacher) and finally a self portrait.
@harinder_artist
www.harinderartist.com
Elaine Johnston
Through watercolour, my work explores the beauty of nature against the backdrop of brutalist style architecture. The raw concrete and geometric forms contrast with nature's organic beauty in both shape and colour.
@elainejohnston8
@elainejohnston8
Kirsty Taylor
‘My Mind’ represents humans’ intangible soul and our personalities that are individually unique.
The effervescence and movement within the piece, symbolises the human mind and its ability to internally travel, think and create on an endless journey of possibility, which
ultimately influences our choices and actions, beyond our thoughts.
@kirstytaylorcreative
https://www.kirstytaylorartz.co.uk/
The effervescence and movement within the piece, symbolises the human mind and its ability to internally travel, think and create on an endless journey of possibility, which
ultimately influences our choices and actions, beyond our thoughts.
@kirstytaylorcreative
https://www.kirstytaylorartz.co.uk/
Carolyn Bonthrone
Carolyn’s artwork reflect her love for colour and hope to spark an emotion, usually humour, but always joy and love.
These paintings are all part of her journeys.
She has exhibited in London, Greece, Bath as well as many other galleries.
@littlebettyscb
www.littlebettyscb.co.uk
These paintings are all part of her journeys.
She has exhibited in London, Greece, Bath as well as many other galleries.
@littlebettyscb
www.littlebettyscb.co.uk
Esperanza Gomez-Carrera
Esperanza Gómez-Carrera is a Spanish visual artist, based in London.
She investigates everyday objects and reinterpret them, usually with humour and giving them a surreal image. They are the ones that end up sending a message of humour, of irony… “Objects have a lot to offer; you just have to know how to look
at them” is her motto.
In this exhibition the stories come out of some books (books that always
accompanied her) to continue telling stories that inhabit her, and that she has the need to share. She thinks there's a story inside every object. She looks for a different meaning, but even so, something remains within them.
@esperanza_gomez_carrera
http://www.esperanzagomezcarrera.com/
She investigates everyday objects and reinterpret them, usually with humour and giving them a surreal image. They are the ones that end up sending a message of humour, of irony… “Objects have a lot to offer; you just have to know how to look
at them” is her motto.
In this exhibition the stories come out of some books (books that always
accompanied her) to continue telling stories that inhabit her, and that she has the need to share. She thinks there's a story inside every object. She looks for a different meaning, but even so, something remains within them.
@esperanza_gomez_carrera
http://www.esperanzagomezcarrera.com/
Bridie Harris
Since September 2022 I have been learning and enjoying expressive art techniques. Colours and nature inspire and motivate my creativity in watercolour, acrylics, charcoal and mixed media.
I am a member of the Accidental Artists Edinburgh.
@birgit_h13
I am a member of the Accidental Artists Edinburgh.
@birgit_h13
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