Contemporary Fine Art @ The Piper Art Bar

LESLEY MCLAREN Born Glasgow 1959 Lives in the Scottish Borders Education 1976-77 Maidstone College of Art and Design Foundation 1977-82 Exeter College of Art and Design BA(Hons) Painting Work 1990-95 Archealogical Illustrator llustrator of Children's Books 2000-Present Painter full-time . My paintings are often full to the brim with memories, stories and feelings. Seldom depicting a specific geographical location, the picture evolves in my mind and then in the studio ..... I love the idea of capturing a single moment and wondering how it came to be. I collect images which attract me through camera, replica watches sketchbook and mind then create the scene, with artistic licence thrown in of course and always that child-like excitement. For example the bulk of a Belted Galloway cow sharing a birch wood with a galloping hare and a nosey blackbird, or a woman reclining by a pond in a garden reminiscent of my own - there's no end to the fun and my hope is that others can share my fascination with our beautiful world. I have exhibited extensively throughout the UK for many years. Selected Shows 2000 - The present Green Gallery Aberfoyle Di Rollo Edinburgh Leith Gallery Edinburgh Strathearn Gallery Crieff Greens & Blues North Berwick Panik Gallery Killearn Christos Gallery Glasgow Just Scottish Edinburgh Jerdan Gallery Crail Flat Cat Gallery Lauder Morningside Gallery Edinburgh Three Harbours Arts Festival Santa Ana California West End Gallery Perth Atholl Galley Dunkeld Green Gallery Aberfoyle Tore Gallery Inverness Bass Rock Gallery Dunbar Gullane Art Gallery Touched By Scotland Aberdeenshire Red Rag Gallery Cotswolds Scotland Art Edinburgh Wilson Davis Fine Art Bridge of Weir Tighnabruaich Gallery Colours Gallery Edinburgh McAuley Fine Art Fotheringham Gallery Bridge of Allan Glasgow Art Fair Edinburgh Art Fair London Affordable Art Fair Bristol Art Fair replica watches