Born: 1970 Glasgow

Education: Glasgow School of Art Fine Art/Drawing/Painting

An established member of the Scottish School, Stuart Buchanan has recently been awarded the office of Artist in Residence  of the Aberdeen City Council.  As a result, he relocated from his native Glasgow to the small fishing village of Catterline on Scotland's East Coast.  Here his style  has developed in response to the area's rugged landscapes, its wildlife and changing colours, as well as from his own childhood memories.

In response to the new collection of works Under the Moon the artist reiterates the importance of the rural/coastal landscape and the significance of the figure as it becomes more and more immersed in its own surroundings. "I see myself in these paintings and hope that the viewer might recognise some part of themselves in there too"   His figures are set in richly textured colourful and ambiguous landscapes abstracted through thick impasto and the sweeping use of the brush.  From the dreamlike figurative series of  Slipway  to the huge and powerful abstracted views of the North Coast and the sublime spectacles across mountain summits,  this exhibition is a virtuoso response to the artists's evolving style.   It represents an important progression in the school of 21st Century Scottish art, an oeuvre which is becoming highly sought after both North and South of the boarder.

All works are framed.