Today’s featured artist is Scottish Artist - Helen Wilson.
Helen Wilson is a leading Scottish artist particularly known for still life paintings and her engaging paintings inspired from the world of ballet. Today’s featured image is an oil painting of dancer Luciana Ravizzi which was painted at the Scottish Ballet Nutcracker rehearsals.
Helen Wilson was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in 1954. She studied at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield Art centre. During this time she was awarded the Robert Hart Bursary and Governor’s Prize, Hospitalfield; a Travelling Scholarship (Italy and Yugoslavia); the WO Hutcheson Prize for Drawing; the Postgraduate Studies Award, Glasgow School of Art; and the John and Mabel Craig Award.
Helen Wilson is a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI) and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters (RSW). Her paintings are in various private and public art collections including: Glasgow Art Gallery, Kelvingrove, Paisley Museum & Art Gallery, Scottish Arts Council, Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the Royal College of Physicians.
Paintings by Helen Wilson are available from Red Rag Bath Modern Art Gallery
Red Rag Modern Art - specialist Scottish Art Gallery featuring Scottish Art , Irish Art , British Art and Limited Edition Prints
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