Hello. I hope you will enjoy looking at my most recent oil paintings on my
website's Gallery page.
But if you would prefer to visit my studio to view my work, please feel free to get in touch.
Initially the inspiration for my paintings of children on the beach came from the McTaggart seascapes with figures on the sands in the National Gallery in Edinburgh. I wanted so much to paint figures that I enrolled at Edinburgh College of Art for Life drawing and portraiture. Now I find inspiration from daily walks along the stunning beaches in North Berwick. If I walk East from my home I walk along Broad Sands with the craggy outline of Fidra in front of me and if I walk West into the town I have the bulk of the iconic Bass Rock on the horizon.
It's not surprising that these islands often feature in my paintings.
The sea is always different, sometimes gloomy and forbidding, with changes of wave patterns and reflections of wading birds in the wet sand at the water’s edge. Mostly, the children are in colourful sweaters and jeans, not too often in bare legs and swimsuits! But there are always buckets and spades and sometimes boats, balls and fishing nets to add into my paintings.
If you would like to see more of my work, including my large flower paintings, the Galleries where I exhibit are listed on the ‘Contact and Viewing’ page, or simply get in touch with me by e-mail to visit my studio.
email: studio@leilaaitken.co.uk
If you would like to see more of my work, including my large flower paintings, the Galleries where I exhibit are listed on the ‘Contact and Viewing’ page, or simply get in touch with me by e-mail to visit my studio.
email: studio@leilaaitken.co.uk
Fallen Petals
50cm x 60cm
50cm x 60cm
Summertime, North Berwick
50cm x 50cm
50cm x 50cm