Susan Winton
Award-winning artist Susan Winton, who was Born in Arbroath and now lives in Fife, has returned to her roots to
show her 2010 collection at Kinblethmont Gallery.
Susan studied at Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art in Dundee in the 1980’s under Will McLean, Alberto Morrocco and
David McClure.
She earned a scholarship residence at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath and then completed a post-graduate diploma. After living in Angus and Shetland Susan has settled in north-east Fife and combines painting with working as a lecturer at Elmwood College, Cupar,, at Coatbridge College and at Angus College. She is also a specialist writer for the SQA and works with Shetland Islands Council and Dundee City Council. She has exhibited across the UK and in Finland. Richard Demarco awarded her his prize at the Angus College Scottish Painting Competition at Kinblethmont in 2009, since when they have exhibited at Pittenweem and at the Demarco archive in Edinburgh.
“My work is an amalgam of media and techniques. I use a combination of painted plaster, photographs, wax and acetate
transfers, mixing old and new techniques.
Inspired by my roots in North-East Scotland and my ties to the Shetland Islands, my subject matter includes the wild and
rugged coastline, contrasting with the tamed nature of the countryside.
The natural world and how it is affected by man or the natural element has for me been a very important part of my life
and of how to portray it.”
“My art history studies, together with travels in Italy and Spain have left a visual influence on my work.
The use of gold is a reference to the early Renaissance artwork indicating the immortality of the subject and the use of wax over layers of paint or photographs evokes a feeling of history and memory.
The use of fish and animals for me represents life and highlights the incongruity between the lives of the ancient animals and the modern style of the way they are treated.”
