Neil MacPherson lives and works in Caithness, in the remote Scottish Highlands. His paintings are inspired by the changing seasons, history and folklore of this dramatic landscape.
Glasgow School of Art
2006 Elected to Royal Scottish Academy
2010 Elected to Royal Glasgow Institute
2016 Elected to Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
Exhibitions 2017
RSW Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
Artists of Fame and Promise, Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
New Scottish Painting, Fabriano, Italy
RSA Members Annual Exhibition
Allusion, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay
New Highland Paintings, Browns Gallery, Tain
Lapada Portal Painters, London
Awards
1983 Aberdeen Artists Society, Shell Expro Award
1983 Royal Scottish Academy, Young Artist
1984 Aberdeen Artists Society, Shell Expro Award
1986 Royal Overseas League Commonwealth Exhibition,
Premier Award, London
1989 Scotland on Sunday, Mayfest Award
1990 Glasgow City of Culture Museums Award
1993 Royal Scottish Academy, London Scottish Award
1996 Scotland on Sunday, Mayfest Award
1999 Royal Scottish Academy, London Highland Award
2007 Maude Gemmel Hutchison Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2009 Maude Gemmel Hutchison Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2011 The Highland Society of London Award, Royal Scottish Academy
2015 The Council Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
2017 The City of Glasgow College Award, Royal Scottish Academy
Collections Include:
Contemporary Art Society
Nuffield Foundation
Freshfields, Bruckhaus Deringer, London
Arthur Anderson & Co.
McLaurin Trust
ARI Collection
Scottish Art Council
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums
British Broadcasting Corporation
Unilever
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum
De Beers
Sunderland Art Gallery
Strathclyde University
Highland Region Collection
Standard Life
Collins Gallery, Glasgow
St Columba Interpretation Centre, Mull
Gracefield, Dumfries and Borders
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art
Campbeltown City Bicentenial Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy Collection, Edinburgh
Aberdeen Asset Management
City of Glasgow College