Oystercatchers in Machair
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I was inspired by the work of Gill Bustamante and Art nouveau artists like Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris. I put these two styles together and this is the result. I painted a layer of linseed oil over the canvas. Then, I bought a mop brush to soften blobs of oil paint on the canvas. I dragged down lines in the technique of Rennie Mackintosh inbetween the blobs of colour, using two wedge shaped brushes; small and medium, to create the colour of the machair on the Hebrides.
About the Artist
Debbie Cullis
In 1991, I completed a degree to teach Primary School children, a BEd Hons, majoring in Art. I worked as an Occupational Therapist carrying out craft activities with young adults of learning disabilities. I kept up my painting with compiling illustrations for friends on two occasions. In between I…
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