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Mairi Clark
Much of Mairi Clark`s evocative paintings are inspired by the Scottish coastline particularly the East Neuk, where the ever changing interplay between sea, sky and landscape affect colour and mood.
Mairi began her career as a painter studying at the Chelsea and Central St. Martins School of Art where she gained a BA Honours in Fine Art. She has exhibited extensively throughout Scotland, Perthshire and Suffolk including shows at the Scottish Royal Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute.
Her influences are artists such as William Turner and Joan Eardly, while her gestural mark-making suggests an affinity with the Abstract Expressionists methods of working.
Mairi uses mainly oil paint for its rich, deep and subtle qualities . She enjoys scratching into the surface to create textural effects. There is an obvious passion in her energetic application of colliding layers of paint that intimate atmosphere and changing weather conditions.
Mairi Clark`s use of a vibrant unfettered tapestry of colour and light ensures that her abstract landscapes have a real `sense of place` reflecting her love of the beautiful Scottish landscape.
"It is very important to me to capture a free and energetic mood in my work".
Autumn Morning, East Neuk
Autumn Morning, East Neuk
oil on canvas
31cm x 31cm
 Dusky Trees, Kilconquhar Loch
Dusky Trees, Kilconquhar Loch
oil on board
61cm x 61cm
 Early Evening, Argyll
Early Evening, Argyll
oil on board
41cm x 41cm

Hebridean Dusk
Hebridean Dusk
oil on board
41cm x 41cm
  Hebridean Evening
Hebridean Evening
oil on board
34cm x 24cm
 Orcadian Coastline
Orcadian Coastline
oil on canvas
41cm x 41cm

  
Mairi has exhibited work at he following…
• Menzies Castle, Weem, Perthshire
• Crystal Palace, Blenheim Art, London
• Touching Concepts, Islington Design Centre, London
• Café Cyberia, Edinburgh
• Electronic Frog, Edinburgh
• The Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
• Paisley Institute, The Royal Bank of Scotland Drawing Competition 2000
• Spring/Summer Exhibitions, The Fishers Gallery Pittenweem 2000
• Byre Theatre St Andrews, Solo Exhibition 2001, Fife
• The Cross Keys Art Gallery, Christmas Exhibition 2001, Perth, Perthshire
• The Hunter Gallery, Spring Exhibition 2002, Long Melford, Suffolk
• Frames Gallery, Summer Exhibition 2002, Perthshire
• Strathearn Gallery, Summer Exhibition 2002, Perthshire
• The Old Course, St Andrews Fife 2002
• Christmas Exhibition 2002, The Fishers Gallery Pittenweem , Fife
• Indigo Gallery, St Andrews Fife 2003
• Spring/Summer Exhibition 2003, The Lomond Gallery Gateside, Fife
• Autumn Exhibition, The Fishers Gallery Pittenweem 2003
• The Leith Gallery, Autumn Exhibition Edinburgh 2003
• Di Rollo Gallery, Christmas Exhibition Edinburgh 2003
• Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington 2003
• Colours, Dundas Street Edinburgh 2004
• Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh 2004
• Scotland Art.Com, Edinburgh 2004
• Greens and Blues, Berwick 2004
• The Attic Gallery, Fife 2004
• Royal Glasgow Institute, 2004
• The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle 2004
• Scotland Art.com, Edinburgh 2004
• Paisley Institute and Museum 2005
• Iona House, Autumn Show 2005
• The Scottish Gallery & Wemyss Art 2005
• The Scottish Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition 2005
• ,Ainscough, London 2006
• The Jerdan Gallery, Crail Spring Exhibition 2006
• The Ceres Gallery, Spring Exhibition 2006
• The Watermill, Aberfeldy (1- 30 th July 2006)
• Pittenweem Arts Festival, Fife 2000 - 2006