Neil MacPherson RSA a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art in the early 80’s, Neil MacPherson certainly uses the colourful flamboyance associated with that background, but a flamboyance that is tempered by the quiet spirituality of the figures in his work. Bound somewhere between religion and imagination, these figures and animals stand in lonely, dream-like landscapes with undulating furrowed hills and little vegetation.

Prizes and Awards:

1983 Aberdeen Artists Society, Shell Expro Award

1983 Royal Scottish Academy, Young Artist

1986 Royal Overseas League Commonwealth Exhibition,

Premiere Award

1989 Scotland on Sunday, Mayfest Award

1993 Royal Scottish Academy, London Scottish Award

1996 Scotland on Sunday, Mayfest Award

1999 Royal Scottish Academy, London Highland Award

2007 The Maude Gemmel Hutchinson Prize, from the Royal Scottish Academy

Collections include: Contemporary Art Society, Nuffield Foundation, Arthur Anderson & Co., McLaurin Trust, Scottish Art Council, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, BBC, De Beers, Sunderland Art Gallery, Strathclyde University, Highland Region, Standard Life, Collins Gallery, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,The Scottish Parliament Collection, The Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Campbeltown City Bicentenial Art Gallery, NSW Australia, and The Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery.