Artists
Examples of works currently available for purchase through the Gallery may be seen by clicking on the artists' names below.| Simon Rivett Simon lives and works as a full time artist on Lewis. His work is vigorous, masculine and visceral and yet often of subtlety and delicacy as may be seen in his still-life paintings. In his... read more |
| Moira Maclean Moira Maclean BA Hons MFA is born, bred, lives and works on the Isle of Lewis. "My paintings are the result of deep-mining memory, trying to recapture the feeling of walking through a snowy vil... read more |
| Vega is a very well-travelled and experienced artist who has made her home on the Isle of Lewis. Following a degree in Fine Art from Leeds University she extended her knowledge and technique during her ... read more |
| Pam Carter Pam Carter was born in Tanzania, East Africa. Her Scottish father and Austrian mother came to Glasgow when she was aged thirteen. Pam gained a degree at Glasgow School of Art and has lectured for m... read more |
| David Greenall David was born on Merseyside in 1947, left school at 15, and worked in the Building and Fishing industries before taking up painting in his late twenties. 'His paintings and drawings are... read more |
| David Humphreys David Humphreys was born in 1937 in London of a Welsh father and a Scottish mother. From 1958 to 1962 he studied Fine Art at Durham University Fine Art Department under Victor Pasmore. He... read more |
| Ruth Odell Ruth O'Dell graduated from Winchester School of Art with an Honours Degree in 1986 and worked with her partner, also a painter, at their studio in Sandgate, Kent, until the birth of their first da... read more |
| Gareth Watson Gareth Watson has been drawing for as long as he can remember, and began painting full time in 2003. Working almost exclusively in pencil and watercolour, he creates timeless, semi-abstract images... read more |
| Jolomo John Lowrie Morrison is perhaps Scotland's most successful and well-known contemporary artist. He is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art and he developed a distinctive expressionist style at an ear... read more |
| Annis Anderson Annis Anderson was born and brought up in Stornoway where her first major influence in art was W F Chalmers, an inspiring teacher and a brilliant watercolourist. Annis has become known for her flo... read more |
| Caroline Bailey Caroline began her career in textile design but also painted from an early stage. She is an elected member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, has won numerous awards for her... read more |
| Clare Blois Clare lived and worked in some of the most beautiful parts of the Highlands for many years before studying with the Open College of the Arts (Art and Design 1990, Textiles 1992, Painting 1996). She... read more |
| Kenneth Burns Kenneth is a local man and a naturally talented and much admired artist. He has a great ability to capture the architectural qualities of buildings as may be seen in his unique paintings of Glasgow... read more |
| Katharine Skillen "I studied printed and woven textiles at Belfast College of Art in the sixties. After college I worked for the Kilkenny Design Workshops at Kilkenny Castle, an organisation set up by the Irish Gove... read more |
| Jane Harlington Jane is an artist based at Carloway where with her husband Peter she runs the Blue Pig Studio. Her works are usually in mixed media often making much use of collage. |
| Brian Jones Brian was born in Dunfermline in 1960. He came to Lewis about 8 years ago and works as a teacher of Art and Design. Click on the images below to expand. |
| David Wilson David is an Edinburgh College of Art graduate who has had two careers, the first as a Production Designer in television and the second as a Professional Photographer, working and living in the Hebr... read more |
| Lizzie Rose Lizzie lives and works in Argyll. Her love of the Hebrides, both Inner and Outer, has been fed by a passion for adventure racing. She has competed for three years in the Hebridean Challenge. Her wo... read more |
| Simant Bostock Simant was born in Oxford in 1948. He remembers visiting Pitt Rivers Museum of Anthropology as a child and discovering a world of sacred artefacts, sculptures and magic that was to provide a strong... read more |
| Philip Snow Philip Snow is a Wildlife Artist, Book Illustrator, & Writer, based on Anglesey, North Wales. He is well known here not only for his Hebridean wildlife watercolours but also for his superb book 'Li... read more |
| Effie Galletly Effie Galletly grew up in the West of Scotland and was raised in a home where art, music and sewing were greatly encouraged. After leaving school she travelled widely as a singer songwriter followe... read more |
| Gordon Paterson Gordon studied at Edinburgh College of Art. He won the Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarship in Drawing and Painting and also a Travelling Scholarship to Paris. He was Principal Teacher of Art at t... read more |
| Jennifer Mackenzie Jennifer lives and works in Sutherland but originates from Lanarkshire. She is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (1971) and taught Art and Design in schools until she became a full time professio... read more |
| Derek Sanderson Derek Sanderson has been painting Hebridean scenes for many years and exhibiting in Morven Gallery where he has become known and admired. |
| Philip Price Philip Price is a Scottish award-winning wildlife photographer. Images in his current exhibition at Morven Gallery are shown below - click to enlarge. |
| James Macaulay James Macaulay who is a former Western Isles Art Adviser returns to Lewis with an exhibition of his paintings throughout August. James, a native of Motherwell, graduated from the prestigious ... read more |