Inside Scotland’s watercolour tradition with the RSW
• – • Royal Scottish Academy building
About the speaker
Jenny Martin RSW is painter and printmaker who lives and works in Edinburgh. Inspired by subjects from her travels in Spain, Greece and India, as well as her collection of decorative objects and textiles, she aims to make work which creates visual poetry. Central to this is her love of colour and pattern. Working both from architectural subjects, as well as still life, she aims to observe the imprint of human activity on our lives. Decorative objects, textiles, frescoes, ornate tiles and facades of buildings all feed into her work. She studied Fine Art at Edinburgh University and exhibits her paintings and printmaking throughout the UK. She is an elected member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and teaches at Leith School of Art in Edinburgh.
Local partners
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Additional details
Join us for a very special CreativeMornings gathering inside the Royal Scottish Academy Building, set within the 145th Open Annual Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.
This event offers insight into Scotland’s leading showcase of watercolour and water based media, highlighting the range of contemporary practice in watercolour today.
From 8.30am, ease into the morning with creative networking over specialty coffee by Machina and breakfast from Company Bakery. The talk and exhibition tour will begin at 9am.
Our speaker, Jenny Martin RSW, is an Edinburgh based painter and printmaker, and an elected member of the society. Inspired by architecture, textiles and travel, her work is rooted in colour and pattern. She will share insight into how the exhibition comes together from within the RSW, before guiding us through a selection of paintings from the Annual Exhibition.
Together, we will explore how artists work with water, light and restraint, how tradition continues to shift, and the diversity within the medium today.
Getting there The RSA Building is on The Mound in central Edinburgh - it is an easy walk from Princes Street and Waverley Station. Several bus routes stop close by.
Location
Hosted at
Royal Scottish Academy building
The Mound
Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom EH2 2EL
When
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Art Director Andrew Smith
Graphic Designer Rosie Rees
Motion Designer & Photographer Jade Paynter
Morning Person Catherine Kelly
Morning Person Rachel de los Santos
Morning Person Jodie White
Morning Person Viv Hu
Host Sophie Jones
