"My paintings are as much about the actual paint on the surface as about the subject matter.
Working with oil paint, I build up layers of colour and texture to create an image that will hopefully have some resonance with the viewer. Being in the studio is a mysterious place where the paint takes over from any set ideas I start with and often unexpectedly leads me to a finished work. "

Born: 1968

Education: 1986-1990 Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen

Current Exhibitions 2008:
8th March - 20th April
Mixed Exhibition Richmond Hill Gallery, London

19 April - 7 May
Solo Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

December
Solo Exhibition, Portland Gallery, London

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2006 Portland Gallery, London
2006 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2005 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2004 Portland Gallery, London
2004 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2003 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2002 Portland Gallery London
2002 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2001 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2000 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2000 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1999 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
1998 The Clachanmore Gallery, Stranraer
1998 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1997 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1995 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1993 The Cree Gallery, Wigtownshire

Selected Group Exhibitions 1989- 2008
Singer & Friedlander Watercolour Competition - Invited artist, The Mall Galleries, London
Affordable Art Fair, New York
The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
Royal Glasgow Institute
The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
Art 2002
Portland Gallery, London
Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen
Glasgow Art Fair
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Glasgow Print Studio
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
Frames Gallery, Perth
The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
Glasgow Society of Women Artists
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
Catto Gallery, London
Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen
McCauley Gallery, Edinburgh
McLaurin Galleries, Ayr
De Putron Art Consultants, Air Gallery, Dover St, London
MacLean Fine Art, Arndean Gallery, Cork St, London
Art for Life, Christies, London
Heartbeat, Edinburgh
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
The Jerdan Gallery, Crail

Charity Auctions/Exhibitions
2005 Walk for Life, breast cancer charity auction
2006 June - Amnesty International and Gay Pride auction, Brighton Rocks, Brighton
2006 June - Hatwalk charity Event/Auction, Mansfield Traquair, Edinburgh

Corporate Collections
Eastwood District Council, Glasgow
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Gleacher & Co, London
Misys plc, London

Work in Reproduction
The Art Group: 16 greetings cards and 8 posters
The Art Group: 6 limited edition giclee prints
IKEA: 2 packs of 5 postcards and envelopes (1xlandscapes, 1xflowers), 1 Flower Poster 70x50cm
Buckingham Fine Art: 14 Signed Giclee editions.

Elected Artist Member of the Chelsea Arts Club 2004

Publications
Kirsty's work is also the subject of three magazine feature articles:

The Artist Magazine December 2004
Executive Lifestyle Spring 2005
Leisure Painter July 2005