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EVELYN POTTIE
9th - 31st May 2025
'Hills and Valleys, Trees and Fields'
New oil paintings and original screenprints from the archives.
'Hills and Valleys, Trees and Fields'
New oil paintings and original screenprints from the archives.
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Yellow Fields, oil on board, 40 x 37.5cm
"'Hills and Valleys, Trees and Fields' — This is how I see the landscapes of the place I have lived in for more than 50 years. In the last 3 years I have revisited many of my sketches from the past and I have used them as the starting point for the oil paintings in this show. As many of the sketches do not have any notes with them, to tell me the exact area I was drawing at the time, I am free to paint the landscape as I wish, and interpret it in my own way. Having used many different mediums in my career as an artist, this show is a return back to basics, back to painting with oil paint, in my studio in the Highlands." |
First Snow, oil on board, 63 x 75cm
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Falling Leaves, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 41.5cm
Biography
Evelyn Pottie was born in Edinburgh and lived in Aberdeen where she gained a D.A. in Drawing and Painting from Gray's School of Art. After a short experience in the teaching profession and a move to the Inverness area, she continued to paint while bringing up her family. |
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The opening of what is now Highland Print Studio in Inverness led to working part time as a studio technician while, as a member, making full use of the facilities and discovering the joys of printmaking. Evelyn produced many limited edition screenprints of Scottish landscapes, and explored other printmaking techniques including monoprints and photo etching.
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Blue Sea and Snow, oil on board, 51 x 61cm
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For more than 12 years she undertook a variety of commissioned work as well as tutoring and supporting the exhibitions in art.tm gallery and editioning for other artists while continuing to paint landscapes and exhibiting locally and in various galleries in Scotland. She has been involved in community and school projects including fabric banners, editions on paper and large canvas monoprints which included new forms of digital image manipulation.
Road into the Hills, oil on board, 63 x 75cm
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Summer Flowers, oil on board, 50 x 60cm
Evelyn’s prints and paintings have been seen in offices, hospitals and galleries, as well as offshore rigs, trains and ocean liners. The work has been recognised by way of awards and selection for national and international exhibitions. |
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She is fortunate to have lived in the Highlands of Scotland for most of her life and is passionate about the landscapes of Scotland, having painted many iconic views and the countryside she lives in. Her work is based in realism but her painting of the shapes and colours of the landscapes is often exaggerated by an emotional response.
Wintering Cattle, oil on board, 50.5 x 70cm
Harvest Rainbow, oil on board, 45 x 55cm - Edge of the Forest, oil on board, 49 x 56.5cm - Quarry Sunset, oil on board, 45 x 59.5cm
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Autumn, oil on board, 58 x 70cm
Solo and Group Exhibitions:
2025 'Hills and Valleys, Trees and Fields', Castle Gallery 2007 - 2025 Castle Gallery, Inverness 2001 Leakey's Bookshop, Inverness 1996 Invergordon Arts Centre 1995 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Art Gallery 1994 Highland Printmakers Workshop and Gallery 1991 Ceilidh Place, Ullapool 1990 Queens Hall, Edinburgh 1989 Inverness Printmakers Workshop and Gallery 1980 Cramond Gallery, Edinburgh 1979 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery |
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Night Closing In, oil on board, 51 x 61cm
Work shown in other notable collections:
Nairn Book and Art Festival Inverness Art Society Rowe & Maw, London Aberdeen Artists Society Highland Open, Inverness Printed in Scotland, Touring This Green Place, Edinburgh Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop Iwate Arts Festival, Japan Scottish Equitable, Edinburgh The Printmakers Craft, Touring |
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Gorse, oil on board, 58 x 70cm
Work in Public and Private collections:
Oriana Art Collection Prudential Art Collection Raigmore Hospital Art Trust Grampian Hospitals Art Trust Paintings in Hospital Scotland Highland Regional Council Inverness Art Gallery Nairn District Council |
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Crofts, oil on board, 48.5 x 55.5cm
Commissions:
2002 Printed banners, Inverness Airport 1999 Printed/ painted mural, Highland Health Board 1996 HQ Business Prints 1994 3 Editions of screenprints, P&O Liner Oriana 1993 2 Paintings & 4 editions of prints, ELF Enterprises, Piper Bravo 1992 2 Editions of screenprints, Scot Rail |
Handmade Original Prints
A selection of handmade original screenprints from Evelyn's archive are also available.
