60° North is accompanied by a beautifully illustrated publication which offers a glimpse into Brownlee’s studio practice in Shetland with personal insights from the artist.

Ruth Brownlee is one of Shetland’s foremost contemporary painters, known for her expressive depictions of the island’s elemental landscape. Her paintings capture the dramatic weather, shifting light and restless sea that define life at the northern edge of Scotland. Born in Edinburgh and trained at Edinburgh College of Art, Brownlee has lived and worked in Shetland for over two decades. From her studio in South Mainland, she paints the ever-changing moods of the Atlantic, transforming raw experience into paintings that are both personal and profoundly rooted in place.