Anne Skinner

Anne’s artistic career began once achieving an Honours Degree in Painting from the Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot-Watt University in 1992. Gaining a Masters’ Degree in European Fine Art from Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton in 1993; and was awarded a Hope Scott Trust Award in 2019.

Passionate about the Scottish coastline, Anne focuses on native seascapes. She visits and immerses herself in the seascape; then works in her studio, building the painting in carefully observed layers. This method takes time and consideration, capturing the sublime beauty of the scene through intense colour and the careful abstraction of form, light and weather.

There is contrast and unease – where sky meets land, light meets dark, the sun is overcast by clouds and shadow. The depth and distance achieved by Anne in her compositions show the elusive quality of the coastlines. Among her coastal works, Anne has become known for capturing Scotland’s brave wild swimmers, capturing swimmers enjoying our blue and often crystal clear shorelines.

Anne currently works as a full-time artist from her studio in Edinburgh with her works collected globally.