Clience Studio
212 King St
Castle Douglas
DG71DS

Telephone: 07793729192 or 01557 331498

I paint in oil and watercolour and my work can be seen to divide roughly into three kinds: figurative but personal representation of the landscape that immediately surrounds me; imaginary, panoramic glimpses of landscape verging on the abstract; and a work of a much more abstract nature which reflects my response to that of which the landscape is composed – rock, water, organic matter and colour. I am especially fascinated with a sense that contained within a stone are all the elements of what we see around us, and an evidence of our deep connectedness to our world. My series ‘Within a Stone’ and ‘Beyond the Stone’ reflect these ideas.

I have lived almost half my life in Finland as an artist and musician, and have enjoyed opportunities to combine both in projects involving groups as diverse as from schools to professional theatre and orchestras. In many of my paintings there is a wish to express an interaction between my perceptions of the different surroundings I have found myself in with the feelings I have experienced whilst there. Since recently having come to live in Galloway, they have taken on a fresh aspect.

Recent Selected Group Exhibitions

Gracefield Arts Centre ‘Spring Fling Artists’
Stranraer Museum
‘Spring Fling’ Open Studios Event
‘Galloways Best in Wigtown’International Festival of booktowns event
Joensuu City Art Museum, Finland
North Karelian Hospital Gallery, Finland
Joensuu College, Finland
Joensuu Artists, Muikku Hall, Finland

Solo Exhibitions

Gallery Petra Raasio, Finland
Carelicum Museum, Finland
Joen Suun Space, Finland
Galleria Rustico, Finland

Currently Exhibiting

Compass Gallery, Glasgow (November 2004 – January 2005)
The Secret Gallery; Dumfries (December 2004)


Forthcoming Exhibitions

Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries (April 2005)
‘Spring Fling’ open studio event, Dumfries & Galloway (May 2005)
Kirroughtree Forest Visitors Centre, Newton Stewart (August 2005)
Castle Douglas Art Gallery, (November –December 2005)

Awards and Selected Commissions

2000 Finnish Arts Council Award
2000 Joensuu Symphony Orchestra - watercolour
2001 Joensuu City Council – series of watercolours
2002 Joensuu College of Music - watercolours

Education

I hold first and postgraduate degrees in Music, English literature and education and have studied Art as an external student at the Camberwell School of Art, London, and in Finland.


www.gallowayartistsandmakers.org.uk