Charles Simpson
Born: 1952Charles Simpson was born in 1952 and after attending Glasgow School of Art in the early 1970s worked as a graphic designer in Edinburgh. In 1990 he left full-time employment to combine freelance design work with the development of his painting. He moved to just outside the village of Clovenfords in the Scottish Borders in 1991 and has lived there since. He became a full-time painter in 1999.
As a landscape painter, the rough hill farm countryside immediately around his small cottage provides a regular supply of material, particularly when snow covers the winter landscape. Every year trips are taken to north-west coast and islands of Scotland – with particularly favourite locations being Iona & Mull, Durness, Achiltibuie, Wester Ross and Arisaig. He has also produced work from trips to the Uists, Harris, Colonsay and Islay. The combination of stunning beaches, changing seas, distant islands and mountains, and large dramatic skies provides unique subject matter. He has held regular solo exhibitions in Edinburgh and London.
Charles Simpson exhibition Scale took place at The Scottish Gallery in February 2020.
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Squall View details
Charles Simpson
Squall
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cm£2,000Path to the Beach View detailsCharles Simpson
Path to the Beach
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cm£2,000Charles Simpson in his Border's Studio View details-
Small Island, Passing Gull View details
Charles Simpson
Small Island, Passing Gull
oil on canvasH:80cm W:100cmSoldCloud View detailsCharles Simpson
Cloud
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldEigg: Rum Obscured View detailsCharles Simpson
Eigg: Rum Obscured
oil on canvasH:80cm W:100cmSoldPlockton View detailsCharles Simpson
Plockton
oil on canvasH:40cm W:60cmSoldSea Loch View detailsCharles Simpson
Sea Loch
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldBeach View detailsCharles Simpson
Beach
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldPansies View detailsCharles Simpson
Pansies
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldStrips View detailsCharles Simpson
Strips
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldTrellis View detailsCharles Simpson
Trellis
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldWinter Sun View detailsCharles Simpson
Winter Sun
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldDark & Light View detailsCharles Simpson
Dark & Light
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldAnother Pansy View detailsCharles Simpson
Another Pansy
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldSnow Crow View detailsCharles Simpson
Snow Crow
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldBlue Cup View detailsCharles Simpson
Blue Cup
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldYair Hill View detailsCharles Simpson
Yair Hill
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldSunset Wave View detailsCharles Simpson
Sunset Wave
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldSeptember Sun View detailsCharles Simpson
September Sun
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldWave & Sleat View detailsCharles Simpson
Wave & Sleat
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldMorning View detailsCharles Simpson
Morning
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldSmall Vase View detailsCharles Simpson
Small Vase
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldDark Eigg View detailsCharles Simpson
Dark Eigg
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldRum & Surf View detailsCharles Simpson
Rum & Surf
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldBlue Jug View detailsCharles Simpson
Blue Jug
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldA May Day View detailsCharles Simpson
A May Day
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldFour Pots View detailsCharles Simpson
Four Pots
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldGhobhlach View detailsCharles Simpson
Ghobhlach
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldThree Empires View detailsCharles Simpson
Three Empires
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldFour Fancies View detailsCharles Simpson
Four Fancies
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldOver the Sea... View detailsCharles Simpson
Over the Sea...
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldAllsorts View detailsCharles Simpson
Allsorts
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldWest View detailsCharles Simpson
West
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldRain over Eigg View detailsCharles Simpson
Rain over Eigg
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldDazzling Light View detailsCharles Simpson
Dazzling Light
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldCups & Tarts View detailsCharles Simpson
Cups & Tarts
oil on canvas boardH:30cm W:40cmSoldEvening Gull View detailsCharles Simpson
Evening Gull
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldNorth Erradale View detailsCharles Simpson
North Erradale
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldFour Slices View detailsCharles Simpson
Four Slices
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldSmall Flowers View detailsCharles Simpson
Small Flowers
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldWindy Day, Big Sands View detailsCharles Simpson
Windy Day, Big Sands
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldOld Fishing Station, Redpoint View detailsCharles Simpson
Old Fishing Station, Redpoint
oil on canvasH:80cm W:100cmSoldClouds & Islands View detailsCharles Simpson
Clouds & Islands
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldJuly Grasses View detailsCharles Simpson
July Grasses
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldTwo Pears (after Uglow) View detailsCharles Simpson
Two Pears (after Uglow)
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldCup & Saucer View detailsCharles Simpson
Cup & Saucer
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldSix Small Empires View detailsCharles Simpson
Six Small Empires
oil on canvas boardH:15cm W:15cmSoldTraigh Afternoon View detailsCharles Simpson
Traigh Afternoon
oil on canvasH:40cm W:50cmSoldAchnahaird Bay View detailsCharles Simpson
Achnahaird Bay
oil on canvasH:80cm W:100cmSoldWave & Rum View detailsCharles Simpson
Wave & Rum
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldLoch Broom Morning View detailsCharles Simpson
Loch Broom Morning
oil on canvasH:30cm W:40cmSoldSheep by the Fence View detailsLoading
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