Fotheringham Gallery

After studying in London during the eighties and returning to the Glasgow art scene, Cecilia has worked as both designer and artist. Working in oils, Cecilia is inspired by urban scapes and lifestyle, observing everyday life and human nature, often injecting light hearted humour into her painting subject.
Since dedicating herself to painting full-time, Cecilia’s work has exhibited regularly, including The Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI), The Paisley Arts Institute (PAI) including pre-selection for the prestigious Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London (ROI). Cecilia’s work has gained wide interest home and abroad, one such owner of several of Cecilias Glasgow lifestyle pieces is Torchwood and Desperate Housewives star, John Barrowman.

Madeleine Hand was born in Motherwell in 1959. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1981, where she specialised in illustration.

She attended Glasgow School of Art 1976-81, specialised in Illustration
 Post Graduate at Glasgow School of Art 1981 
 Awarded Travelling Scholarship to Portugal 1981
 Community Artist at The Pierce Institute, Govan 1982
 One of a group of artists to set up Inks Art and Design, a gallery/ workshop in Birnam 1988-91
 Part-time Teacher of Art and Design at The New School, Butterstone from 1992 Helped establish Zigzags, an outlet for arts and crafts in Dunkeld
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Madeleine Hand currently divides her time between commissions and painting. She has been commissioned to produce work for Scottish Ballet, Ivor Cutler, Dunkeld Records and Perth Festival of the Arts. Widely exhibited across Britain, she now lives and works in Perthshire.

Her work has a strong individual and recognisable style; it is defined by an immaculate sense of line and colour, coupled with an unerring eye for making the everyday moments of life beautiful. Madeleine loves the paintings of the 1940s and has been inspired by the work of Eric Ravilious and Evelyn Dunbar.

Commissions include : Promotional poster for Ivor Cutler Scottish Ballet Workshop brochure Illustration work for Dunkeld Records Illustrations for Perth Festival of the Arts Brochure 2008-2011 Illustration and promotional material for ‘The Field’ Community Growing Project Dunkeld 2014 Promotional Design ‘The Taybank’ – Dunkeld Illustrated map of Dunkeld and Birnam [The Taybank Dunkeld]

Jim Wylie was born and raised in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated in Drawing and Painting before qualifying as a teacher, going on to serve as Principal Teacher of Art at Kilmarnock Academy and also working for SQA as Principal Assessor of Advanced Higher Art and Design.

He resigned from teaching in 2001 to concentrate on painting, and his workmanlike approach to his craft has led to an increasing demand for his superbly designed landscapes, characterised by the use of strong, clean colour and carefully organised compositions. He now lives in Ayrshire.

Wylie exhibits continually in a variety of independent galleries across Scotland. He is a member of Paisley Art Institute and contributes regularly to the annual exhibition, where he has been awarded prizes on three occasions.

Awards include: 1998 Judge’s prize, Paisley Art Institute
1999 Visitors’ prize, Eglinton Open Art Exhibition, Irvine2002 Miller’s Creativity Prize, Paisley Art Institute 2009 Willa Reivie Award, Save the Children, Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr 2014 Art Forum Award, Paisley Art Institute

Rob Shaw studied at Newcastle College and Teesside University and graduated in 1997 with a First-Class Honours Degree. He then went on to pursue a successful career in Interior Architecture both here and abroad. Rob’s parents relocated to North Yorkshire in 1994 and bought a cottage high up on Boulby Cliff, overlooking the fishing village of Staithes. Rob fell in love with this absolutely beautiful village and began to paint it. It’s Staithes which has continued to inspire Rob’s art work no matter where he has lived in the country and that’s where his successful career as a professional artist was born. Rob returned to live in Staithes in 2007 and began to paint full time. Since then Rob has also exhibited large Cityscapes in New York, London and Tokyo and exhibited and sold art work at the Royal Academy in their annual Summer Show.