Liz Douglas Out of the Mire6th March – 16th April 2015

Liz Douglas Out of the Mire6th March – 16th April 2015

&Collective Art Gallery28 Henerdson Street

Bridge of Allan, FK9 4HRt - 01786 359864

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Liz Douglas’ practice involves researching material from the landscape at both macro and micro level in order to make paintings, drawings and prints.

Contemporary practices in both drawing and painting, in relation to traditional meth-ods, are a constant challenge in order to find innovative ways of making work that challenges her perception of landscape. She paints often on a large scale, layering paint to create surface texture, colour and structure.

She is particularly interested in the relationship between the natural world and the human world and the importance of the wild natural spaces that exist in Scotland and her need to connect to these through walking the landscape and finding a way of making work that resonates. The writer Nan Shepherd, and “The Living Landscape” has been an important influence.

Her work has focussed on specific sites in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway which are of geological interest, sites of regeneration (ongoing) – habitats that existed 6,000 years ago. She has collaborated with agencies, in particular Scot-tish Natural Heritage and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, The Borders Forest Trust, The Carrifran Wildwood Project, in order to develop her understanding of the quiet habitats that exist in Scotland and the astonishing work that is being done .

Liz Douglas is a Professional Member of the Society of Scottish Artists, and graduate of Edinburgh College of Art.

Blue Move £375Mixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Blue Structure £375Mixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Botanics £375Mixed media on Paper/Board 30cm x 30cm

Marsh Pink Study £375Mixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Mire Study 1 SoldMixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Mire Study 2 SoldMixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Mire Study 3 £375Mixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Polygonum Bistorta £375Mixed media on Board 30cm x 30cm

Horizon 1 £400Mixed media on Fabriano 30cm x 18cm

Pool Horizon £400Mixed media on Fabriano 30cm x 18cm

Eastern Time £550Mixed media on Fabriano 38cm x 38cm

RB700 SoldMixed media on Canvas 150cm x 150cm

Dryhope 2 £1750Mixed media on Canvas 80cm x 80cm

Dusk £1800Mixed media on Board 80cm x 80cm

Fen Pools £2000Mixed media on Canvas 82cm x 82cm

Green Light £1850Mixed media on Canvas 82cm x 82cm

Out of the Mire 2 SoldPigment & Lazercut 82cm x 64cm

Out of the Mire 3 £600Lazer, Etch & Dye 82cm x 64cm

Mire Pool 3 £325Etching 40cm x 56cm

Raft £2500Mixed media on Canvas 124cm x 124cm

Yellow Light £1800Mixed Media on Canvas 100cm x 100cm

Rbnnwy2 £400Lithograph 84cm x 60cm

Liz Douglas

Qualifications1993 Master of Fine Art – Painting Edinburgh College of Art1991 B.A. Hons. Drawing and Painting Edinburgh College of Art

Awards2014 Creative Place Commission 2014 – Eastgate Theatre, Peebles2013 Edinburgh Laser Studio Award - SSA2012 con-TEXT Residencies 2011/12 – Heriot Watt University, School of Textiles & Design, Galashiels2011 Visual Artists Awards:Scottish Borders 2010/112008 Deloitte and Touche LLP Award – SSA Annual Exhibition Scottish Natural Heritage – research award Scottish Borders Council – research award2005 The Evelyn William Trust – Bursary Drawing Quarters 2005 – UWE2004 The Hope Scott Trust – research award Scottish Natural Heritage – research award2000 Society of Scottish Artists – Edinburgh Printmakers Research Award1993 John Florent Stone Scholarship1991 Angus Award for Landscape – RSA Student Exhibition Borders Biennial – Commended

Exhibitions2015 Solo Exhibition ‘Out of the Mire’ &Collective, Bridge of Allan 2013 Sofia International Paper Art Biennial RSW; RSA; SSA2012 Dovecot ‘ Hidden Stories’ – reconstructed studioSSA2011 ‘Mire’ Harestanes, Ancrum, Jedburgh ‘Way’ Art Installations, Over Phawhope Bothy, Ettrick SSA

2010 Solo Exhibition ‘Seeds of Time’, Tweeddale Museum, Peebles2009/10 SSA/ The Shape of Thing/Harestanes; Seeds of Time,Tweeddale Gallery, Peebles2008 The Meffan,Forfar/Arbroath/Montrose - Interface2006 Seeds of Time 2 Peebles Museum Mainhill Gallery/SSA/Harestanes2005 Willowlines – new work from Ettrick Haughland2004 Collyer-Bristow Gallery, London Wasps,Peebles/SSA2003 SSA2001-4 Interface-Sci-Art Touring Exhibition-Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries/Kilmarnock/ Wick/St Andrews/Galashiels2000 SSA/Art 20001999 Seeds of Time – new work Harestanes Environmental Centre,Ancrum/Glasgow Art Fair/Art 99

Memberships1996 Professional Member of Society of Scottish Artists

Works in Public and Private CollectionsStandard Life,Edinburgh College of Art, The National Trust for Scotland,Scottish Borders Council, Paintings in Hospitals, Scotland, Flying Colours Gallery, East and Midlothian Art Fund, Capital Solu-tions, Eildon Group, Barclays Bank