Catherine Stevenson
- Work
- Biography
My still life and landscape paintings draw inspiration from the art of presentation and display; the focused illumination and interplay of light and shade in a theatrical stage set or a spotlit exhibit in a museum cabinet. I love the still life paintings of Paul Gauguin, Suzanne Valadon and Victoria Crowe, the mysterious interiors of James Pryde and Andrew Wyeth, and the dramatic and colourful scenes of Indian Mughal painting and Japanese prints. These influences are expressed in my use of strong shadows, bold colour schemes and juxtapositions of realism and stylisation.
At art college I studied fine art and printmaking and, after an enjoyable and stimulating career in teaching, I retired early to concentrate on my own work.
Exhibitions:
Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh. August 2020
Society of Women Artists annual exhibition. September 2021
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour annual exhibition. December 2021
Aberdeen Artists Society annual exhibition. April 2022
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh. November 2022
Scottish Portrait Awards long list 2023
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh. August 2023
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour annual exhibition. January 2024
I am one of four artists who contributed watercolour paintings to the book 'A Sketchbook of Edinburgh', first published by Birlinn 2017 and reprinted in 2019.
Exhibitions:
Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh. August 2020
Society of Women Artists annual exhibition. September 2021
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour annual exhibition. December 2021
Aberdeen Artists Society annual exhibition. April 2022
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh. November 2022
Scottish Portrait Awards long list 2023
Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh. August 2023
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour annual exhibition. January 2024
I am one of four artists who contributed watercolour paintings to the book 'A Sketchbook of Edinburgh', first published by Birlinn 2017 and reprinted in 2019.
- Catherine Stevenson
- Crowded House 40x40cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- Maggie's Plant 60x60cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- Windowsill 60x60cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- Still Life 40x50cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- Still Life 30x30cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- The Cabinet 40x50cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- Yellow Pear 30x30cms
- Oil
- Catherine Stevenson
- Still Life 60x60cms
- Oil
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