Artist’s Statement 

I have been a professional painter for over 30 years, working exclusively in watercolour and gouache. I use watercolour in quite a vivid way in still life and landscape work, to create vibrant eye-catching pieces. My architectural work makes more of the watercolour properties of transparency and fluidity, to allow layering and blending of colour, and so create a classic timeless look. Gouache is occasionally added to create a dramatic dark background, often in floral work or architectural night scenes.

I am inspired by Mackintosh and Blackadder in my floral paintings, and Edward Hopper for in architectural night scenes. I try to create a sense of clarity and stillness in my work, whether in commission or personal pieces.

I am a strong believer in working from life where possible, and spend much of my free time out and about sketching round Edinburgh and further afield.

Biography

Carol Binnie was born and brought up in the Scottish Borders. After gaining an M.A. Honours in Fine Art from Edinburgh University / Edinburgh College of Art in 1985, she began a career in teaching.

She has taught in Forres and Stirling, and is now teaches at the Royal High School of Edinburgh.

She has exhibited in the Scottish Borders, Morayshire, the Lake District, the Campsie Fells and Edinburgh, and has frequently exhibited with her father, Andrew Binnie, whose work can be found at www.andrewbinnie.co.uk . She undertakes architectural painting commissions, and runs a wedding stationery business, Carol Binnie Art and Cards.