Miriam Wilson Art

Scratch That Etch! Workshop

These are the two prints I made at Pop-up Scotland's Scratch That Etch! workshop run by local artist Fiona Maher. We were using inexpensive materials you could find in most supermarkets, such as coca-cola and tin foil, to replicate the process of lithography. This was a fun two hour course and I'll definitely be trying it at home.

First print:

Second print:

Series of pen sketches

Contact Info.

Contact

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Bio

Born in Orkney, studied in Dundee and now live in Edinburgh. I mostly experiment with painting, pencil & charcoal drawing and linocut printing. My work usually revolves around skulls/skeletons or portraits.

Group Exhibitions

2012 Work in Progress: Fine Art, TBA and APCP Exhibition, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.

2013 New Ground: Orkney Graduates Exhibition, The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney.

2018 Exhibition of Resident Artists, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh

Story Of Me Project

Over the past few weeks I have been involved in the Story of Me project, run by primary school teacher Susannah Jeffries. Each of her pupils have been writing a sentence or two a week, creating a story as they go. Each pupil has an artist assigned to them who will illustrate their sentence each week, and the pupil can see the image before writing the next sentence.

One of the stipulations is that the image must show the pupil in the forefront of the picture. It is my understanding that this may help the pupil retain vocabulary by using it in reference to themselves, and seeing themselves in the narrative. My pupil created a story based around Mario games:

Week 1

It was Christmas. Everyone got a Nintendo switch!

Week 2

We played a Mario game and we were having an adventure.

Week 3

We met Princess Peach and she was friendly.

Week 4

I called Luigi to tell him we had finished the game

Con Air Illustrations

These images are from a recent project for a Christmas present, a comic of the "best" bits from the film Con Air.

Cactus

Figurative sketch

Still Sold Out blog

Illustration for stillsoldout.blogspot.com and www.facebook.com/stillsoldout

Library Cat

Library Cat: The Observations of a Thinking Cat by Alex Howard (Black and White Publishing).
You can have a sneaky peek at a couple of my illustrations below, and inside the book on the preview on amazon...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Library-Cat-Observations-Edinburgh-University-ebook/dp/B01B7443Z0/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Skeletal Deebs

I got my hands on some scrap piece of paper in earth tones, which I find nicer to work on than white because they create a middle tone to start off with. I've also been looking for ways to develop my sketches into finished pieces of work and be more creative with how I put them together. This drawing of Deebs is just really another sketch but I thought I'd see if my theatrical makeup could play a part in my work. If anyone wants to have a look my theatrical makeup blog is at: www.miriamhwilson.blogspot.co.uk

Inspiration 2

Revisiting artists that I studied at school and university, Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse. Both used colour and symbolism in very different ways.

Icarus - Henri Matisse -1947

The Two Fridas - Frida Kahlo - 1939

Some say this painting represents Kahlo's dual heritage. According to Kahlo's friend it was inspired by paintings such as "The Two Sisters" by Theodore Chassériau. Kahlo suffered from bouts of ill health, stemming from an accident when she was 18. This caused her to be isolated from other people at times, and so she tended to paint self portraits as she is the "subject she knows best". She often uses symbolism in her work and her pieces usually have a surreal element.

Inspiration 1

Work of amazing illustrator Katie Scott http://katie-scott.com/ :

Katie Scott seems to have worked on a vast array of projects, from educational books to surreal art to wallpaper design. Her work is very refined and detailed, yet imaginative and there is always a sense of her own style, which is why it translates so well to just a broad range of projects.