An A-Z of illustrators, printmakers and graphic designers on the Isle of Lewis. If you would like to be added to this list, contact andrew@anlanntair.com.
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Check out www.ejaydesign.com bespoke maps.
EJay products can be purchased in An Lanntair.
Jane Harlington is the owner of Blue Pig Studio & Gallery, where she works as a Mixed Media Artist & Printmaker.
She offers bespoke workshops tailored to individual
requirements.
Open: Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm
Upper Carloway, Isle of Lewis,
HS2 9AG
Jane Harlington's website
Home studio/gallery. Painting,
drawing & mixed media
sculpture.
Open: Visitors very welcome
any time Mon-Sat. Please phone
to arrange a visit.
Sandra Kennedy's website
Jon Macleod is an artist and curator working across art forms and borders, exploring cultural and semiotic themes through a range of solitary and socially engaged strategies.
In recent years this has led to a series of collaborations with Finnish artists through exhibitions, residencies and a tall ship journey.
Jon MacLeod website
Alice Macmillan is an artist, printmaker and designer working principally with linocuts. Her work is mainly pattern based, drawing on natural shapes and influences. She has created a range of designs reflecting the specific places, flora and fauna of the Western Isles, and her memories of childhood in Lewis and Harris.
Pearse is a graphic designer and illustrator and the founder of Hebridean company Loom Graphics. You can also find Pearse's work on his own website
Fiona Simes studied Fine art and Print making in Hastings and Plymouth before moving to the Hebrides in 1992.
Her deep abiding love of the Highlands and Islands is a constant source of inspiration. She puts her heart and soul into her work, trying to catch emotional responses and the mood of a particular moment. The landscape, the history of a place, the environment, wildlife and the stories of peoples lives are important to her and colour her larger landscapes in subtle ways. Her small lino prints depict elements of a busy life in the western isles.
Contact Fiona at fiona.simes.art@gmail.com
07521702455
@Fiona_simes_art
Donald Smith is a self-employed designer and illustrator who mixes client work with interesting personal projects. Creating everything from logos and brochures to canvases and websites, he loves working on multiple things at any one time, and tries to create island-influenced illustrations and designs whenever he get the chance.
Gill Thompson website is a fine art printmaker and artist based in Vatisker on the Isle of Lewis.
Gill's work incorporates a variety of printmaking techniques (mono-print, lino-print, collagraph, etching) both in mixed media compositions and work using one specific medium. Many of her prints are also available as greeting cards.
Since moving to the Isle of Lewis Gill has taught classes at An Lanntair and at other venues and she enjoys sharing her love of printmaking with its infinite creative possibilities. She also runs the artist collective Open Studios Hebrides.
Steven Tod was born in Edinburgh and studied art in Leeds, working as an archaeological illustrator and a landscape painter before teaching art and design at several schools in England. After a period of time as a sign writer he felt compelled to move back to Scotland.
Orkney provided a stepping stone teaching art in Kirkwall and then an art teaching job offer came up in Lewis. He worked as an art teacher in most of the schools on the Island for eight years. At 55 he took early retirement to focus on his own work. He now teaches adults and produces children's picture books.
