Georgina McMaster

Georgina graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2002, gaining a BA Honours in Visual Communication and specializing in Drawing and Painting.She was awarded the First Time Exhibitor prize in 2007 at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the David Cargill Award in 2008 by the prestigious Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Also in 2008, she was elected as an Artist Member of the Glasgow Art Club. Her paintings are widely exhibited throughout Scotland and London. Georgina has been featured in many magazines and newspapers including: Scottish Field Magazine, Art News Scotland Journal, The Herald Newspaper, Galleries Magazine, Scottish Women Magazine, Paisley Daily Express, Sunday Mail, The Scotsman Newspaper and The Glasgow Magazine.

"My work to date has been mainly based on animals, in particular Scottish wildlife. I recently visited Madhya Pradesh, India and my current body of work is of the animals I studied at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. I use acrylic paint on canvas, leaving the background blank to draw the focus purely on the animal. Capturing the character and soul of the animal in their eyes and the softness of the fur on the beast, is what I endeavor to create in my work. I try to achieve the different textures by using lots of light layers of paint and a wide variety of brushes."