I’m so glad you’ve found your way here. Whether you’re here to explore my paintings, book a workshop, or just soak up some inspiration, I hope this little slice of the internet brings a smile to your face.

Here’s what you’ll find as you have a nosy around:

• Paintings – A gallery of some of my artwork from the past couple of years.
• Galleries & Stockists – Where you can find my work out in the wild, along with exhibitions and details about my own Lodgebush Gallery, which opens twice a year right here at my home in Craigie.
• Classes & Workshops – A chance to paint with me! Whether you’re just starting out or looking to try something new, there’s a class for you—online or in person.
• Online Shop – A small selection of homeware and gifts inspired by my paintings, you’ll also find all information and how to book in-person workshops here too.

I hope this website inspires you and that my love of colour brightens your day. If you’re struggling to find something or just want to say hello, drop me a message through the contact form or pop me an email.

Here’s to being forever Fearlessly Creative and living life in colour!

Gillian x

I’ve been a professional artist since 2016, a multi-award-winning educator, author, speaker and creative coach and through my Fearlessly Creative movement, actively promote the power of creativity in everyone, from absolute beginners to professionals, while coaching artists in how to make money doing what they love.

As a Glasgow School of Art graduate, I enjoyed a career as an award-winning magazine designer before realising, 13 jobs later, that I am gloriously unemployable. I launched my own design business specialising in packaging, chucking the day job in 2004.

Having never touched paint in over 20 years, I picked up a brush for the first time in 2010 and by 2016 had become a full time professional artist.

I get to hang out in my stable studio with two guinea pigs and my shadow (the dog), surrounded by glorious Ayrshire countryside which has always been a massive inspiration for my work. I’m known for big, bold, unapologetically colourful paintings - landscapes, florals, abstracts - usually in luscious buttery oils, but I get bored very easily so love to play with materials and experiment.

You’ll find my work in galleries across Scotland and in my own gallery here at Lodgebush which opens with a new collection twice a year and I’m honoured to have collectors in Australia, USA, New Zealand, Hungary, France and also a painting in HM King Charles’ collection at Dumfries House.

I teach all levels of artists from totally terrified beginners to professional artists in my workshops and through my online Art Academy with students as far flung as North Carolina!

In between painting, teaching, coaching and everything that goes with running a business, I like to drink wine, crochet giant colourful blankets, add to my eclectic shoe collection and have a love of quirky vintage ‘stuff’.

My mission in life is to pioneer the joy of creativity in all, encouraging everyone to be FEARLESSLY CREATIVE and prove to the world that art IS a real job and you CAN make money doing what you love!