About Bella Green
Since 1997 Bella has lived and worked in Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, where she has made her home and studio. After many years of teaching and painting she now devotes almost all of her time to painting.
She is passionate about colour and paint - having worked for some years with computer graphics which she found interesting but personally unsatisfying - the challenge of using paint, especially oil paint, is part of a conscious choice through which the sensual earthiness and potential luminosity of the medium never ceases to inspire her.
Bella was born and brought up in Glasgow. After school, she followed her family south and did a two year Foundation Course at Harrow School of Art followed by a three year BA(Hons) in Painting at Norwich School of Art.
She also has a post-graduate degree in Art Education from Leicester University.
She has been a professional elected member of the Scottish Society of Artists and Craftsmen, now Visual Arts Scotland (VAS), since 1992.
Selected Exhibitions
Group shows
| 1998 - 2008 |
Visual Arts Scotland Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh |
| 2007 - 2008 |
Pennel Gallery, Peebles. Spring Show |
| 2007 |
Degrees of Abstraction, Bridge View Gallery, Aberdeen |
| 2007 - 2008 |
Pittenweem Arts Festival Exhibition |
| 2007 |
Broughton Gallery, Summer show |
| 2002 - 2008 |
Spring Fling Open Studio |
| 2006 |
Beltane Studios, Peebles |
| 1999 - 2006 |
Glasgow Art Fair, Gallery Bleu and Gracefield Arts Centre |
| 2005 |
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkudbright |
| 2004 - 2005 |
Mountains and Remote Places; Festival Exhibition; New Faces, Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh |
| 2002 - 2005 |
Affordable Art Fair, London |
| 1998 - 2004 |
Broughton Gallery, Nr Biggar |
| 2001 - 2002 |
Little Gallery, Pittenweem, Fife |
| 1998 - 2003 |
Visual Arts Scotland Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh |
| 1991 - 1997 |
Scottish Society of Artists and Artist Craftsmen Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh |
Solo Shows
| 2006 |
Tuscan Inspirations, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Cafe Gallery |
| 1999 |
Circle of Light and Dark, Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory, Aberdeenshire |
| 1995 |
An Tairbert Centre, Tarbert Argyll |
Selected Teaching Experience
| 1993 - 2008 |
Centro d'arte Verrocchio, Italy - Visiting tutor - painting |
| 1991 - 2005 |
Royal College of Art, London Visiting tutor - colour & drawing |
| 1986 - 1989 |
Royal College of Art, London - PT Lecturer in Computer graphics |
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