Education
2002-05
M.A. in Contemporary Fine Art (part-time). College scholarship award.
1997 - 2001
Cumbria institute of the Arts B.A. (Hons.1st class) in Fine Art.
1994-97
Dumfries and Galloway College. H.N.C./ Foundation in Art and Design.
1982-83
University of Heriot Watt/ Edinburgh College of Art. Post-graduate Diploma.
1983
R.S.A. Preparatory Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
1977-81
University of Edinburgh. B.Sc with distinction, Social Sciences.
2002-05
M.A. in Contemporary Fine Art (part-time). College scholarship award.
1997 - 2001
Cumbria institute of the Arts B.A. (Hons.1st class) in Fine Art.
1994-97
Dumfries and Galloway College. H.N.C./ Foundation in Art and Design.
1982-83
University of Heriot Watt/ Edinburgh College of Art. Post-graduate Diploma.
1983
R.S.A. Preparatory Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
1977-81
University of Edinburgh. B.Sc with distinction, Social Sciences.
Recent Awards/Teaching/Talks/Workshops
2002–present
University of Cumbria. Lecturer, BA Hons. Fine Art.
2010
Various talks/workshops - local societies.
Visiting artist, Austin Friars School, Carlisle.
2009
Scottish Arts Council/Dumfries and Galloway Council Creative Development Award.
Workshop, Dumfries and Galloway Fine Arts Society.
Moniaive Arts, talk.
2008
Dumfries and Galloway College. Temporary part-time lecturer in Art History.
Private commissions.
Stewartry Arts Society, talk on the work of Marc Chagall.
2007
University of Cumbria. visiting tutor in Drawing.
Dumfries and Galloway College. Temporary part-time lecturer in Art History.
Professional membership of Visual Arts Scotland.
Stewartry Arts Society, talk on The YBAs (Young British Artists)
2006
Stewartry Arts Society, invited speaker Painting with a Contemporary Approach.
2002–present
University of Cumbria. Lecturer, BA Hons. Fine Art.
2010
Various talks/workshops - local societies.
Visiting artist, Austin Friars School, Carlisle.
2009
Scottish Arts Council/Dumfries and Galloway Council Creative Development Award.
Workshop, Dumfries and Galloway Fine Arts Society.
Moniaive Arts, talk.
2008
Dumfries and Galloway College. Temporary part-time lecturer in Art History.
Private commissions.
Stewartry Arts Society, talk on the work of Marc Chagall.
2007
University of Cumbria. visiting tutor in Drawing.
Dumfries and Galloway College. Temporary part-time lecturer in Art History.
Professional membership of Visual Arts Scotland.
Stewartry Arts Society, talk on The YBAs (Young British Artists)
2006
Stewartry Arts Society, invited speaker Painting with a Contemporary Approach.
Key to my work is the idea that painting can be an open-to-interpretation language of ideas and meanings, materials and forms. I take influences from the environment around me – the outdoors, my family - from other artists, and from reading - literature, language, myth, philosophy and psychology. Writers who influence my work are Marcel Proust and Lewis Hyde, who differently seem to deconstruct the world and their observations about it.
I usually paint without a pre-determined end in sight, beyond an interest in constructing space, or the illusion of it. I regard the canvas as an open arena, and the medium of painting as a kind of conversation that goes on in that arena. My growing-up as an artist was against a backdrop of landscape and the Scottish Colourists; I attended a group for several years with Archie Sutter Watt RSW, and have adapted many of the things I learned to my own work.
For me, painting is as much about paint as about a subject – so, rather than ‘window-on-the-world’ kind of painting, I’m more interested in possible space for shared experience, conversations, dialogues. Artists whose work influences me are: Gillian Ayres, Frances Walker, Roy Oxlade, Amy Sillman and Alistair McKinven.
I usually paint without a pre-determined end in sight, beyond an interest in constructing space, or the illusion of it. I regard the canvas as an open arena, and the medium of painting as a kind of conversation that goes on in that arena. My growing-up as an artist was against a backdrop of landscape and the Scottish Colourists; I attended a group for several years with Archie Sutter Watt RSW, and have adapted many of the things I learned to my own work.
For me, painting is as much about paint as about a subject – so, rather than ‘window-on-the-world’ kind of painting, I’m more interested in possible space for shared experience, conversations, dialogues. Artists whose work influences me are: Gillian Ayres, Frances Walker, Roy Oxlade, Amy Sillman and Alistair McKinven.
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Now - 23rd December
Gracefield Studios, Dumfries 'Off The Wall'
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries, Christmas Exhibition
Forthcoming Exhibitions 2011-12
Group Show, Thomas Tosh, Thornhill.
Final dates and details TBA.
Group Show, Gracefield Studios, Dumfries.
Final dates and details TBA.
Gracefield Studios, Dumfries 'Off The Wall'
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries, Christmas Exhibition
Forthcoming Exhibitions 2011-12
Group Show, Thomas Tosh, Thornhill.
Final dates and details TBA.
Group Show, Gracefield Studios, Dumfries.
Final dates and details TBA.
Previous Exhibitions
2010
The CatStrand, New Galloway, solo show, 'New Paintings by Patti Lean'
Tiree Annual Open, Isle of Tiree.
Spring Fling Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios
VAS Annual Open, Royal Academy, Edinburgh
2009
VAS Annual Open, City Art Centre, Edinburgh.
Tolbooth Arts Centre, Kirkcudbright.
2008
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright.
Thomas Tosh, Thornhill.
Order of St John, Stranraer.
Spring Fling Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Visual Arts Scotland Open, Royal Academy, Edinburgh.
2007
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
North Ayrshire Open, Ayr.
Paisley Drawing Competitiion, Paisley Art Gallery.
Order of St John, Stranraer.
Spring Fling Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire, The Farm.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, 20/20.
2006
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
Spring Fling, Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright.
2005
Spring Fling, Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
2010
The CatStrand, New Galloway, solo show, 'New Paintings by Patti Lean'
Tiree Annual Open, Isle of Tiree.
Spring Fling Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios
VAS Annual Open, Royal Academy, Edinburgh
2009
VAS Annual Open, City Art Centre, Edinburgh.
Tolbooth Arts Centre, Kirkcudbright.
2008
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright.
Thomas Tosh, Thornhill.
Order of St John, Stranraer.
Spring Fling Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Visual Arts Scotland Open, Royal Academy, Edinburgh.
2007
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
North Ayrshire Open, Ayr.
Paisley Drawing Competitiion, Paisley Art Gallery.
Order of St John, Stranraer.
Spring Fling Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire, The Farm.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, 20/20.
2006
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
Spring Fling, Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright.
2005
Spring Fling, Dumfries and Galloway Artists and Craftmakers Open Studios Weekend.
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Spring Fling Taster.
Maxwelltown Gallery, Dumfries.
My studio is located in the South West of Scotland, a few miles north-west of Dumfries.
Visitors are always welcome by appointment: please call or email ahead to confirm if you wish to visit.
Address:
Newtonairds House
Newtonairds
Dumfriesshire
DG2 0JL
Tel: 01387 820312
Email: patti@pattilean.co.uk
Find me on Google Maps here.
Visitors are always welcome by appointment: please call or email ahead to confirm if you wish to visit.
Address:
Newtonairds House
Newtonairds
Dumfriesshire
DG2 0JL
Tel: 01387 820312
Email: patti@pattilean.co.uk
Find me on Google Maps here.
