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Artist Biographies appear in alphabetical order

James Bowman D.A. (Edin)

Born in Haddington, East Lothian. Trained as a painter in Edinburgh College of Art under W.G.Gillies, William McTaggart, Robin Philipson and many others. Paintings to be found in Haddington, Edinburgh, London, The Lake District - also abroad in France, Australia, America. Exhibited R.S.A, S.W.A. and other galleries.
After long-term association with Pitlochry became a permanent resident here in 2002.

Sue Challis.

Sue Challis has lived and worked on the West Coast of Scotland for over twenty years. Educated in North London she then studied craft and design in Brighton, drawing at Ealing School of Art and pottery at Chelmsford.She also qualified as a lecturer and youth leader working in special needs education.
Sue now concentrates on acrylic painting and pen and ink drawings. Sue's work is to be found in many galleries along the West Coast from where her paintings have travelled worldwide. When she is not painting, Sue and her husband run the Raven Trust sending containers of aid, medical, educational and small business start up equipment to Malawi. Sue loves the bright colours and dancing light which is found both on the West Coast of Scotland and by Lake Malawi in Central Africa and this is reflected in her paintings.

Stan Farrow A.R.P.S.

Stan is a landscape and fine art photographer, living and working in Fife. He has recently given up full-time work in Higher Education, to follow his lifelong interest in photography. He is a member of the Royal Photographic Society, having gained his LRPS in June 2005 and his ARPS in October 2006. Stan held a solo exhibition of his photography in the Byre Theatre (St Andrews) in November 2006, and individual photographs have featured in other exhibitions since.

Stan's photography mainly comprises fine art images of the Scottish and American landscapes, but his work is eclectic. More recently his images have also included more abstract elements of colour, texture, form, and pattern.

Clare Fernie (S.C.M. Fernie)

Clare studied at St John Cass School of Art, London. While in London she assisted in a gallery restoring damaged prints & paintings. She also designed and produced specialist picture frame mouldings for interior designers. Her paintings were sometimes exhibited but production time was minimal so she painted mostly to commission.
Nature's wild & rugged places are Clare's greatest source of inspiration and watercolours her favourite medium for landscape,sky and water studies, (including flowers and inspirational architecture occasionally.)

Peter Green

Peter trained formally as a graphic designer at Croydon College of Art (1967-1970) After 20 years in mainstream and contract publishing he is now pursuing his painting career. He works in acrylic or oils on canvas or board and also makes object boxes.

Philip Greene

Musician, Artist and Poet, Philip Greene can be said to havbe a colourful approach to life which is vividly displayed in a recent exhibition "Accent on Colour" at the FAL Gallery, Burnley.
International Soloist on the clarinet and the classical saxophone, he studied at the Guildhall, London and The Northwest German Music Academy. He has performed with many of Britain's major Orchestras.
Since moving to the East Neuk of Fife six years ago, he has pursued his painting with great vigour. Philip Greene has a powerful recognisable style of strong lines and rich colour. More recently he further developed his interest in shapes and colour with his style "Prismatic Shapeism"

Craig MacKenzie

Born in Dundee and, after spending his early years in Invergowrie, Craig moved to his family's home town of Pitlochry. Here he developed his early interest in art, architecture and landscape, drawing inspiration from the surrounding countryside.
Craig went on to study photography in Aberdeen where he gained an HND in Professional Photography and Imaging from Aberdeen College in 2005. He was awarded "Best Work on the Wall" in his final year exhibition.
Still living in Aberdeen, Craig is currently building a portfolio to demonstrate his skills and wide range of abilities. Eventually he hopes to set up a photographic studio and gallery with fellow graduates.


Megan Ramsay

I was born in 1986 in Edinburgh, and lived the first part of my childhood in the Borders before we went to Guatemala where my dad was a missionary for four years. A slightly nomadic childhood resulted in changing schools and homes about eight times, so I'm used to change and have had my eyes opened! I went to Pitlochry High School and Breadalbane Academy where I was Head Girl of both, and since leaving I have had a gap year working in Europe and South America. I am now at Durham studying Italian, Spanish and English.

Margaret F. Stevenson

Margaret Stevenson , who lives at Moulin by Pitlochry is known for her flower paintings & pyrography.
Having trained in interior design Margaret first worked as a colour consultant for a national paint company. This was followed by 5 years as an illustrator. Marriage and family saw a period of freelancing and a return to watercolour painting. In 1985 in Dalguise, Perthshire, Margaret set up (with her husband) a small craft business & retail outlet. The main subjects of her watercolours are flowers and wildlife and she exhibits mainly through Highland Perthshire.