Hope Blamire

Hope was born in Ayrshire in 1975 and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, graduating with a degree in Illustration and Printmaking in 1998.

Hope has since lived in France, Canada, Egypt, and Malawi, where she taught art for 4 years before returning the the UK to teach at a school in Bath, England. Although still residing in Bath, Hope's home will always be the west coast of Scotland, invariably drawn to and inspired by the coastline, beaches, volcanic rocks, and glistening waters.