Fee Dickson Reid creates expressive, atmospheric large-scale seascapes filled with a sense of calm and peace. Her work is about the solace of the sea, the light filled skies above her local beaches, reflections on sand and water. She aims to find the ‘still point in a turning world’, to anchor the viewer to a place and a state of mind that is about tranquillity and connection to the natural world.
Fee paints primarily in oils in the studio or occasionally with mixed media in situ on the beach. Her paintings are almost always completed ‘alla prima’, all in one session, and usually respond to the immediate weather, season, or light she has experienced that day– spirit of place is a core element of her work.
Fee trained in architecture at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating with a 1st class degree in 1996 and began exhibiting professionally as an artist in 2010. An award winning artist, her work is held in collections private and public worldwide.
Education and Training
M(Arch) Edinburgh College of Art 1999
B(Arch) 1st class Edinburgh College of Art 1996
Selected Exhibitions:
2022
Studio Residency – One month at Marchmont Creative spaces, awarded by Borders Art Fair
Solo show – Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh
Solo show – City Contemporary Art, perth
Group Show -Whitehouse gallery, Kircudbright
Group show – Mcallister Thomas, Surrey
2021
RSW 141st open exhibition
Group show, CONVERGE with Kirstin Heggie, Sarah Anderson, Gill Knight
Featured artist - Moy Mackay Gallery, Peebles
Solo show – Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh
Mixed show – Fidra Fine Art
2020
Mixed shows with Number 4 gallery, Stirling Art
RSW 139th Annual exhibition
Borders Art Fair
Artist in residence – Whitekirk on the Hill
Featured artist, Archerfield Walled Garden
2019
Solo show at Coast Gallery, Dunbar
Featured artist, Archerfield Walled Garden
Mixed shows with Fidra Fine Art, Velvet Easel, Stirling Art, Dancing Light Gallery
FabrianoinAcquarello international watercolour expo, Italy - invited attendee representing Scotland
Featured artist, Archerfield Walled Garden
RSW 138th Annual exhibition (winner of the Watermark Award)
2018
Borders Art Fair
Mixed shows with Archerfield Walled Garden, Coast Gallery Dunbar, Stirling art, Fidra Fine Art, Three Harbours Art Festival, Dancing Light gallery, North Berwick Art Collective and Macmillan Art show
Featured artist, Archerfield Walled Garden
2017
Forth Light’ Solo show, Hangar art and Framing ( Fenton barns)
Two man show at Hangar Art and Framing ‘White lines and grey Skies’
RGI annual exhibition, Glasgow
Mixed shows with Morningside Art gallery, Fidra Fine Art, Stirling Art, Bass Rock Gallery, North Berwick Art Collective and Macmillan Art Show
Featured artist, Archerfield Walled Garden
2016
Solo show, Hangar art and Framing ( Fenton barns)
Mixed shows with Fidra Fine Art, Stirling Art, North Berwick Art Collective and Macmillan Art Show
Featured artist, Archerfield Walled Garden
2015
Mixed shows with Fidra Fine Art, Blues and Greens, North Berwick Art Collective, Peter Potter gallery and Macmillan Art Show
