Halley’s Yard
Earnbank Road
Crieff
PH7 3HL

Artist's Statement
I have always been interested in nature and the way our life is affected by it. I make drawings of plants, birds, animals and insects which live in the area which I also occupy. I am acutely aware of the fragile balance in which we all exist.
My paintings are my way of exploring my environment. At one level they record incidents which I have seen: roe-deer disappearing into the depths of the wood; our dogs standing still sniffing the air for clues.
At another level they make connections with memories and ideas I have from childhood songs and pieces of poetry. I created a series of paintings which began with remembering the words from a song sung to me as a child “ if you go down to the woods today”. This both enthralled and frightened me and it is with this feeling that I make these paintings.
I want my work to contain only that which is necessary. I want the colour and marks made to be carefully placed on the paper or canvas and to feel as if everything is hanging in the balance.

Selected Solo and Mixed Exhibitions since 2000
RSA 2000 - 2007
RSW 2000 - 2010
SSA 2007 - 2010
VAS 2007 - 2010
Union Gallery, Edinburgh 2009 - 2010
Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire 2009 - 2010
The John Davies Gallery, Gloucestershire 2008 - 2010
Oakham Galleries, London 2008
The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff 2000 - 2010
The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle 2000 - 2007
The Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle 2006
Oathlaw Gallery, Angus 2006 - 2010
Frames Gallery, Perth 2007 - 2010
Paisley Art Institute 2005
Peebles Art Centre 2005
Battersea Art Fair London 2000 - 2009
AAF, New York 2002
John Moores 24 Liverpool 2006
The Aspect Prize, The Gallery, Cork Street 2009

Selected Awards
Grampian Hospital Art Trust Purchase Prize
Shortlisted The Aspect Prize
Dorothy Duff Memorial Prize, VAS
Angus College Purchase Prize
Peter Potter Prize, VAS
Warsteiner Award, Glasgow Garden Festival
Andrew Grant Bursary, ECA


Selected Collections and Commissions
Rt Hon Alistair & Mrs Darling, Baroness Elisabeth Smith, Western General Hospital, Flemings Bank Holdings, The Bonham Hotel, The Festival Fringe Society

Publications
Drawing Birds John Busby RSW
Eight by Eight Harlequin Press

Links
www.uniongallery.co.uk
www.josieeastwood.com
www.scotlandsartists.com

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