Price: £3000
Glen Scouller
Artist Statement
"During the Covid years was a real challenge, in many ways, for most people involved in the visual arts. For a painter like myself where travel has been an important and integral part of my art practice, in seeking new and exciting subjects to paint, to have that suddenly taken away was a real blow.
During that period I began looking for new and fresh subject matter that I could immerse myself in for the focus of several exhibitions. Fortunately I didn’t have to look far as it was there, right under my nose; my garden and its immediate environs proved the ideal subject.
I am fortunate in having a large garden surrounded by farmland which I have painted at various times over the years and so it proved once again. It is within this seasonally changing habitat which has formed the basis of my paintings for several years now.
Painting in situ has always been important to me although I don’t consider myself solely a ‘plein air’ painter. However it is probably this aspect of my work that excites me most especially when the unexpected happens, a horde of crows dancing across the sky above, a figure suddenly walking past or a shaft of light appearing behind a puffy cloud, these are the things if captured rapidly and spontaneously can make a painting all the more special. As Cezanne famously said ‘it is always more difficult to be creative in front of one’s subject’, something I have always aspired to."
Glen Scouller
Loudoun Hill 2025
Biography
Glen Scouller RSW RGI is a contemporary Scottish artist living in Ayrshire. His passion is for colour and light with a strong bold approach to his subject matter which includes landscape, still life and the human figure. His work is based on direct observation from nature, painting en plein air and developing larger works in the studio. Throughout a long and distinguished career, Glen has had over 50 solo exhibitions in the UK and abroad. He also recently became an author, penning a book in 2016 about his watercolour paintings. He was elected a member of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 1997 and The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) in 1989. He has also won many awards for his work in both oil and watercolour and is included in numerous corporate and public collections worldwide including The South African Government, The Scottish Government, De Beers and The Royal Bank of Scotland – a complete list appears below.
1950 Born Glasgow
1968 - 73 Studied Glasgow School of Art
AWARDS
1972 R.S.A. Painting Award
1973 Post Graduate Study Award
1973 W.O. Hutcheson Prize for Drawing
1973 Travelling Scholarship, Greece
1987 Lauder Award, Glasgow Art Club
Scottish Amicable Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
1989 Elected member of The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
1997 Elected member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
2006 David Cargill Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
2008 Residency, L’Association Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Collioure
2013 Crinan Residency Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
Glen Scouller - Biography
1950 Born Glasgow
1968 - 73 Studied Glasgow School of Art
1972 R.S.A. Painting Award
1972, 73 Studied Hospitalfield College of Art, Arbroath
1973 Post Graduate Study Award
1973 W.O. Hutcheson Prize for Drawing
1973 Travelling Scholarship, Greece
1974 Started teaching in Glasgow schools
1974 Travelled and painted in Shetland
1975 Returned to Shetland Shetland
1976 Bought Alex Proudfoot’s studio in Glasgow
1976, 77 Travelled and painted in Crete
1978 Travelled and painted in Shetland
1979 Travelled and painted in Greece
1980 Travelled and painted in France, (La Gaude)
1981 Returned to La Gaude
1982 Moved to Newmilns, Ayrshire
1983 Painted Ayrshire landscape
1985 Travelled and painted in Skye
1986 Started tutoring Glasgow School of Art
Travelled and painted in France, (La Gaude)
1987 Lauder Award, Glasgow Art Club
Scottish Amicable Award,
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts
1988 Travelled and painted in France,
(La Gaude, St Jeannet and St Paul de Vence)
1989 Elected member of The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
Gave up all teaching posts to concentrate on painting full time
Painted in Carradale
Travelled and painted in France, (Seillans)
1990 Commissioned to paint in Venice
Travelled and painted in France, (La Verdiere)
1991 Travelled to New York and Brittany
1992 Painted in Asilah, Morocco
1993 Painted in Cyprus
Produced series of prints at The Glasgow Print Studio
1994 Painted in France, (Seillans)
Painted in Edinburgh Zoo for Arcadia Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1995 Shortlisted to design a tapestry for the Scottish Office, Edinburgh
Painted in Italy, (Umbria and Tuscany)
1996 Spring: Painted in Sicily
Summer: Painted in South Africa
Winter: Painted in Provence, France
1997 Painted in South Africa
Painted in Brittany
Elected member of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1998 Spring: Painted in Spain
Autumn: Painted in Provence, France
1999 Moved to East Loudounhill Farm
Spring: Painted in Provence, France
Autumn: Painted in Singapore and Sabah, Borneo
Winter: Painted in Provence, France
2000 Spring: Painted in Portugal
Summer: Painted in South Africa
Autumn: Painted in Portugal
Winter: Painted in South Africa
2001 Summer: Painted in the Var, France
Autumn: Painted in Provence, France
2002 Spring: Painted in Capestang, SW France
Summer: Painted in Cornwall & Hastings
2003 Spring: Painted in Bangalore, India
Summer: Painted in Lot et Garonne and Orange, France
2004 Spring: Painted in Andalucia, Spain
Summer: Painted in Tuscany, Italy
Autumn: Painted in Tiree, Scotland
2005 January: Painted in Barbados
2005 Spring: Painted in Beadnell, Northumberland and
North Berwick, East Lothian
Winter: Painted in South Africa
2006 Spring: Painted in Portugal
David Cargill Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
2007 Spring: Painted in Zanzibar & South Africa
Summer: Painted in Cotignac, France
Summer/Autumn: Painted in East Neuk of Fife
Elected Vice President RSW (West of Scotland)
2008 Spring: Residency, L’Association Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Collioure
Summer: Painted in County Wicklow, Ireland
Autumn: Painted in Collioure, France
2009 Summer: Painted in Collioure, France
Autumn: Painted in Puglia, Italy
Winter: Painted Ayrshire landscape
2010 Spring: Painted Ayrshire landscape
Summer: Painted in Jersey (Aug)
Summer: Painted in Crete (Sep)
Winter: Painted in Collioure, France (Nov)
2011 Summer: Painted in Collioure, France (Sep/Oct)
2012 Summer: Painted in Chamaret, France (May)
Autumn: Painted in Vence, Saint Jeanet, La Gaude, France (September)
2013 Autumn: Painted in Chamaret, France (Sep/Oct)
Autumn: Painted on the Island of Colonsay (Oct)
2014 Spring: Painted on the Island of Colonsay (May)
Spring: Painted in East Neuk (May/June)
Summer: Painted in Crinan (June)
Autumn: Painted in Collioure, France (Sep/Oct)
2015 Spring: Painted in St Abbs, Berwickshire, England (May)
Spring: Painted in Algarve, Portugal (June)
Autumn: Painted in Algarve, Portugal (Sep)
2016 Painted in East Neuk (May/June)
Autumn: Painted in Algarve, Portugal (Sep)
2017 Painted in Shetland (May & August) and at Loudounhill, Ayrshire
2018 Painted in East Neuk and at Loudounhill, Ayrshire
2019 Painted at Loudounhill, Ayrshire and Majorca
2020 -22 Painted at Loudounhill, Ayrshire
2023 Painted at Loudounhill, Ayrshire and Majorca
