More About Mairi
Mairi Clark began her career as a painter after studying at Chelsea College and Central St Martins School of Art in London, where she gained a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. Since graduating, she has exhibited extensively throughout Scotland and the UK. Her influences are William Turner, Van Gogh and Joan Eardley, whilst her gestural mark making suggests an affinity with the methods of the Abstract Impressionists.
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Many of Mairi's evocative paintings are inspired by the Scottish coastline, particularly the East Neuk of Fife. The ever changing interplay between sea, sky and landscape affect colour and mood and this is evident in her work. Using mainly oil paint for its rich, deep and subtle qualities, she scratches into the surface creating textural effects. Her passion is obvious in the energetic application of colliding layers of paint. The technique emphasises the atmosphere and changing weather conditions.
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Mairi's use of a wild and vibrant tapestry of colour and light ensures her abstracted works have a real “sense of place” by reflecting her love of the Scottish sea and landscape.
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“It is very important to me to capture a free and energetic mood in my work”.
CV & Exhibited
Education
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1981-1982
Chelsea School of Art, London W1
Foundation Course in Fine Art Painting
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1983-1986
Central St Martins School of Art & Design, London, WC1
B.A.Hons Fine Art Painting
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1988-1990
City of London Polytechnic, London EC1
H.N.Dip Computer Graphics & Illustration
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1993-1994
Scottish College of Textiles, Heriot Watt, Galashiels, TD1
Postgraduate course in Textile Print
Mixed Shows & Commissions
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2000-2022
Worked on a series of commissions for Private Clients -
Eden Mill, St Andrews, 2022 Whisky Release Image
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2022
The Lime Tree Gallery, Long Melford, Suffolk CO10
Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7
2021
The Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol BS8
Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire PH7
Fisher Gallery, Pittenweem, Fife - Mixed Show
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2014
Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7
Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, EH10
Edinburgh Gallery, Dundas Street, EH3
Scotlands Artists- Bothwell, Lanarkshire G71
John Adams, Ebury Street, London SW1
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2013
Morningside Gallery, Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10
Edinburgh Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3
Scotlands Artists- Bothwell, Lanarkshire G71
John Adams, Ebury Street, London SW1 - Mixed Show
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2012
Russell Gallery, London, SW15
Royal College of Physicians- Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh, EH8
Enid Lawson Gallery - Copenhagen Art Fair 2012
The Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol, BS8
Fisher Gallery, Pittenweem, Fife KY9
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2011
Fraser Fine Art, St Andrews, Fife KY16
Whittingtin Fine Art, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Galleries, London SW1
Russell Gallery, London SW15
Chelsea Art Fair, London, SW3
Panter & Hall, London, W1 Scottish Show
Scotland Art Edinburgh
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2010
The Blackheath Gallery, Blackheath, London SE13
John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Galleries, London W1
The Toloquhan Gallery, Ellon, AB41
The Gallery Heinzel Contemporary Art, Aberdeen AB10
Scotland Art, Edinburgh, EH3
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2009
The Gallery Heinzel Contemporary Art, Aberdeen - Spring Show
Scotland Art.com, Edinburgh - Summer Landscape Show
The Ruthven Gallery, Auchterarder – Summer Open Studios Show
The Lost Gallery, Strathdon Midsummer Show 2009
John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Galleries,London SW1 – The Affordable Art Fair
The Gallery Heinzel Contemporary Art, Aberdeen – Christmas Show
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2008
John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Galleries, London SW1
The Aberfeldy Gallery, Aberfeldy,
The Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, AB36 Midsummer Show
The Tolquhon Gallery, Ellon, AB41
The Fisher Gallery – Summer Show
Scottish Art.com, Edinburgh – Summer Landscape Show
The Gallery Heinzel Contemporary Art, Aberdeen – Christmas Show
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2007
Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh, EH3
The Panik Gallery, Strathern
John Adams Fine Art, Ebury Galleries, London SW1– The London Art Fair
Scotland Art.com, Edinburgh
The Ceres Gallery, Fife KY15
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2006
The Ceres Gallery, Ceres, Fife
The Jerdan Gallery, Crail, Fife KY10 – Spring Exhibition
Ainscough Gallery, London
The Pump Gallery, Surrey – Autumn Exhibition
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2005
Paisley Institute and Museum
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh – Wemyss Art Exhibition, Fife
Iona House, Woodstock, OX10 – Autumn Show
The Scottish Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition
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2004
Colours, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3
Fraser and Sons Fine Art, Dundee
Greens and Blues, Berwick
The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle
Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, EH10
Royal Glasgow Institute
Scotland Art.com, Edinburgh
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2003
Indigo Gallery, St Andrews, Fife
Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington
The Lomond Gallery, Gateside, Fife – Spring/Summer Exhibition
The Fishers Gallery, Pittenweem – Autumn Exhibition
The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh – Autumn Exhibition
Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh – Christmas Exhibition
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2002
The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife
The Hunter Gallery, Long Melford, Suffolk – Spring Exhibition
Frames Gallery, Perthshire – Summer Exhibition
Strathearn Gallery, Perthshire – Summer Exhibition
The Fishers Gallery, Pittenweem – Christmas Exhibition
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2001
The Cross Keys Art Gallery, Perthshire – Christmas Exhibition
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2000
Paisley Institute and Museum – Royal Bank of Scotland Drawing Competition
The Fishers Gallery, Pittenweem – Spring/Summer Exhibitions