At Stromness Harbour, 1970

<p>Wishart was an Orkadian who had always painted. She was encouraged by artist and poet friends to attend Gray’s School of Art as a mature student. She then taught in Aberdeenshire, Lewis and Orkney before taking a position at Gray’s and moving to a cottage on Ythan Estuary at Howe near Tarty. It is with Orkney that she is most associated and most of her work is still on the islands. She had a studio initially on the pier at Stromness, which became the Pier Art Centre to house the collection of her great friend Margaret Gardiner. After a major refurbishment, the gallery reopened with a Wishart exhibition in 2007. Her home was at Heatherybraes looking over Hoy Sound and St John’s Head: a vista of fields, shores and distant cliffs which was her favourite subject.</p> <p>We are currently looking for work by Sylvia Wishart, if you have any works you are interested in selling please <a href="https://scottish-gallery.co.uk/contact-us/">contact The Gallery</a>.</p>