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Al

Bell

Disciplines: Painting

Materials: Oil
My landscape paintings are an exploration of the Scottish landscape, its shifting skies, distant horizons, deep forest and calming waters. I aim to evoke an emotional response, inviting the viewer to take a journey to places visited and enjoyed. My work explores the subtleties of light, form and feeling that define the land. My process involves revisiting locations multiple times, gathering sketches and photographs, and returning to the studio to translate those impressions into textured, atmospheric works.

Previous Experience

Recent Exhibitions: | Visual Arts Scotland, Common Ground January 2026 | Borders Art Fair, Kelso, March 2026 | The Whitehouse Gallery Spring Exhibition, March 2026 | Visual Arts Scotland Biennial Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh 6th December 2025 – 2nd January 2026 | The Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy, “Sylvan” October 2025 | Smithy Gallery, Strathblane, Score, 25 October – 20 December 2025 | VAS Artists and Makers, Dalkeith Palace, September 2025 | Smithy Gallery, Strathblane High Five Group Show, July 2025 | The Whitehouse Gallery Summer Exhibition, August 2025 | The Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy “Beset”, April 2025 | Smithy Gallery, Affordable Art Show, March 2025 | Smithy Gallery, Strathblane Spring Exhibition, January 2025 | Smithy Gallery, Strathblane Winter Exhibition December 2024 | The Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh Winter Exhibition, December 2024 | The Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy. “Anew” 15th March to 16th June 2024 |

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