Claire Harkess RSW
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Claire Harkess RSW
Claire Harkess was born in 1970 and graduated with a BA(Hons) from Glasgow School of Art in 1993. She was elected as a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 2005.
She says: "Painting in watercolour offers a unique directness. The essential qualities of light and energy ever present in the natural world are the very essence of the medium itself. In search of a simplicity and beauty through the painting of a line, shape, colour, the process is immediate and instinctive. Remaining true to both medium and subject, with every brush mark visible, I strive to allow the paint the freedom to speak for itself – thus creating a dialogue between myself, the viewer and the ever evolving work."
Claire Harkess has exhibited widely throughout the UK including Solo Exhibitions at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Queens Gallery, Dundee. Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr and Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 A Wilder Place, The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
2017 Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan
2016 High Arctic, Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
2013 Indian Tigerlands, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 Queen's Gallery, Dundee
2009 'Worn Tracks, New Marks, Kenya' The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
2008 'Galapagos' The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 'St Kilda' Plockton Gallery @ The Manse
2005 ‘Antarctica' Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
97,04 Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
2000 'Outback and Beyond' Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 Edinburgh Zoo
98,00,05 Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire
1997 University of York
Public Collections
The Walter Scott Art Collection
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth and Kinross Council
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
The Dick Institute, East Ayrshire Council, Kilmarnock
Invited Artist
2014 David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries, London
2004 Dunkeld Cathedral Annual Exhibition
2004 Perthshire Art Association, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Awards/ Competitions
2017 Wildlife Artist of the Year. David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
2017 “The Artist” Magazine Award, DSWF
2014 RSW Summer Show: The Walter Scott Purchase Prize
2013 RSW Summer Show: The Fotheringham Galelry Award
2011 Runner Up, Wildlife Artist of the Year DSWF
2011 Wildlife in Action, DSWF
2010 Riverside Gallery Award, RSW
2006 SAC, Perth and Kinross Artists' Award
2002 Windsor and Newton, RSW
2002 Exhibitor at Singer and Friedlander/ Sunday Times Competition
1996 Arches Winter Painting Competition (wildlife)
Study Visits
2010 India
2009 Kenya
2008 The Galapagos Islands
2007 St Kitts, Nevis
2006, 07 St Kilda
2006 Australian Outback
2005 Grenada, Tobago
2004 Antarctica + South Georgia
2003 Caribbean Islands: Dominica, Barbados, Trinidad, Cuba
2003 Mexico: migration of the Monarch Butterfly
2002 Letterewe Estate, Wester Ross: Commissioned paintings for book ‘A Highland Deer Herd and Its Habitat’ pbl Red Lion Press, London
2000 Australia: 3 months travelling the Eastern and Central regions
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