Artist Margaret Ferguson
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Biography
Artistic Statement
"My artistic inspiration comes from the deep connection I feel with the people and the land of the North West of Scotland. My experience of art continues to be joyful and rewarding"
Prizes and awards
Society for all artists
Amateur Artist of the Year 'Kathleen' 2007
Portraiture Category 'Nan' ` 2010
Portraiture Category 'Wait' 2011
Professional artist of the year 2013 'Firelight'
Portraiture Category 2013 'In the Gloaming'
Other awards
'Prix d'Honneur' from the Societe de Pastellistes de France at their first European Pastel Conference 2009 'Mary MacKenzie'
Framers' Prize' Art Society of Inverness 2010 'The storyteller'
First prize winner, Wet Canvas 'best of Wet Canvas' competition (portraiture) 2010 'The Psalm Singer'
Finalist FASO Bold Brush art competition December 2012 'Patience'
Exhibitions
March 2006 to present Work exhibited in various venues locally, including 'Drawn', and 'Grinneas nan Eilean', Stornoway
2008 European Pastel exhibition, Limoges, France (Societe de Pastellistes)
Work exhibited in Pastellistes de France exhibition, Atrium gallery, Paris
Exhibition of life drawing, 'Exposed' Stornoway
2009 Work exhibited in Eastgate Centre, Inverness November
November 2009 to 2016 Participation in Art Fair, Strathpeffer Pavilion
2010 Prizewinning portrait exhibited at `It's All About Art`, London
2011 Exhibitions Limoges (Feytiat) Paris and Tournus with the Pastel society of France
Prizewinning painting 'Wait' exhibited at "It's all about Art", London (SAA)
2012 Exhibited 'Iris' at 'Love Pastels'', ICA Mall Galleries London (Pastel Society annual exhibition)
Presentation of painting 'Winter in the Blackhouse', Royal College of General Practitioners Edinburgh
2013 Prizewinning paintings 'Firelight' and 'In the Gloaming' exhibited SAA "It's all about Art" event, London
2015 Dol Fodha na Greine paintings exhibited Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
2018/19 Iolaire exhibition, An Lanntair, Stornoway
March 2019 Iolaire paintings exhibited Scottish Parliament.
Artistic training
Regular classes in Glasgow School of Art.
Modules completed with 'Open College of the Arts'
Life drawing classes (An Lanntair Arts Centre)
Eight annual week long workshops with master pastellist Ken Paine 2007-2014
Dol Fodha na Greine
In October 2014 I was commissioned by Comunn Eachdraidh Nis to create artwork to mark the centenary of WW1.
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