
Lynn McGregor RSW
Lynn was born in Pittenweem, Fife and trained at Edinburgh College of Art. She was elected RSW (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour) in 2001 and is a professional member of VAS (Visual Arts Scotland) and SSA (Society of Scottish Artists).
For twelve years Lynn lived on an otherwise uninhabited island in Strangford Lough with her husband Michael Faulkner, who is a writer and editor. We now live in Argyll, where my studio overlooks Loch Awe.
The source of her work is landscape in memory. She works intuitively to try to find a balance between the various elements of texture, movement and geometry found in the landscape, using energetic overlayerings of colour and blocking out shapes and marks as she works. Initially she allows myself to be led by the paint and the marks, then later take control of the medium, hopefully without losing the initial immediacy. Her studio sits between a wooded hillside behind and Loch Awe in front, and this setting is the source of my inspiration.

