About Margaret Evans

Margaret Evans is a Scottish contemporary artist and an internationally respected tutor and author of numerous teaching art books and DVDs. She now paints full time in her studio in Highland Perthshire, an area of outstanding beauty in Scotland. Situated approximately 40 miles north of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the area offers plenty of inspirational subjects featured in Margaret's work, such as dramatic skies, seasonal woodland spots, Loch Earn and the Grampian Mountains nearby.

Margaret has a D.A. (Glasgow School of Art) A.T.C (University of London) and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America., and tutored many workshops throughout the USA, Canada & Australia


Margaret's work can be seen in Scotland's most noted galleries and private collections around the world, particularly in the USA, where she led popular workshops for many years.

A photo of Margaret Evans smiling

Enquiries also welcome on any work you may be interested in either on website or social media - we will direct you to the exhibiting galleries who are all operating online purchase services & shipping.


Now is a good time to invest in art, have your own personal subjects painted & keep us busy!


Exhibitions

Spring 2024

It will be 50 years since Margaret graduated from GSA with a DA, and to celebrate, there will be a special exhibition at The Glasgow Gallery in which Margaret's work will feature some of the exquisite locations she has painted through her travels as a tutor.

Meantime, her work can be seen in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Broughty Ferry, Oban, Kirkcudbright, Aberfeldy, Bridge of Allan and St Andrews, covering a considerable amount of Scotland!


If you are looking for something special, do get in touch and we can arrange a meeting at the studio in Comrie, or redirect you to the appropriate galleries who have my work on display. We are also now regularly shipping paintings off safely to all corners of the globe, with an excellent track record for successful journeys without mishaps! So even if you are far away, we can get something out to you!

Thank you to all those 'repeat' collectors who have kept in touch with the new exhibitions - I look forward to meeting many more of you personally, and will be extending an invitation to join our new mailing list very soon.

 

Best wishes,

Signature of artist Margaret Evans

What is pastel/gouache?

Margaret graduated from Glasgow School of Art under the teaching of great Scottish artists, David Donaldson, Leon Morocco, Sandy Goudie & William Robertson, who gave an excellent grounding in traditional oil painting techniques, which Margaret continues to use. Moving to London in the 70's, she discovered the popularity of working in soft pastels, which was very popular for portraiture. On returning home to Scotland in the late '80s, she was immediately inspired by the Scottish landscape and from then her development of using pastels as a serious painting medium began, through working with leading manufacturers in the development of the medium. By mixing pastels - which are pure pigments, with oils or water, she developed the highly paintable qualities that are seen in her work, sometimes diluting to create watercolour techniques, sometimes with oils to create bold painterly brush strokes. Gouache offer a thick opaque consistency which binds with the soft pastel and creates the structural quality of oils, a skill begun in the 16th Century and regarded by many to be as long-lasting, even superior , to oil paints, featuring strength of colour & lightness of touch.

Qualifications

  • Glasgow School of Art – Diploma of Art (Drawing & Painting) – DA
  • University of London - Art Teachers’ Certificate - ATC
  • Signature member of Pastel Society of America - PSA
  • Member of Pastel Artists of Canada, Art du Pastel en France & Pastel Society of Spain
  • Member of steering committee for Landscape Artists International – LAI incorporating International Plein-Air Painters
  • Est Shinafoot Studio, Scotland based in Perthshire. Art Workshops and International Painting Holidays. Working studio and workshops in pastels, gouache, oils, watercolours, in all subjects. Commissions in numerous private collections for portraits, golf/sporting, landscapes etc.
  • Artist member of The Glasgow Art Club

Other Information

  • Written books for Harper Collins, Search Press, David & Charles – featured in numerous international art magazines including UK, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, Norway
  • Book & DVD 2014 ‘Pastels Unleashed’ with Search Press - now reprinted in French, Italian , Russian & Chinese
  • Teaching videos & DVDs published worldwide & broadcast on SKY TV Art Series and www.artistsnetwork.tv
  • Pastel consultant for Conte UK, Derwent, Canson, Sennelier, Art Spectrum, Winsor & Newton, Daler Rowney, Great American Artworks & Terry Ludwig Pastels USA
  • Former President of Society of All Artists SAA
  • International judging for IAPS, PAC & other Pastel Society Awards
  • Workshops annually throughout UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia.
  • Guest Artist at International Association of Pastel Societies Convention, held in New Mexico, USA   
  • Annual ‘Paintaways’ Holidays organised in France, Tuscany, Venice & Scotland
  • Recent invitational Pastel Workshops