Fiona Mackie, born in Glasgow, is a versatile artist now based in Culloden in the Scottish Highlands. Following a career in Administration for the NHS she co-owned a small sewing shop for 6 years; selling fabrics, sewing patterns and running craft workshops. After a difficult period following the end of the business venture, she is now studying Contemporary Art Practice at UHI Inverness. Fiona takes a multidisciplinary approach to her work utilising fine art skills, machine sewing and hand embroidery, metalwork and textiles.
Her work is inspired by nature, especially beaches, the sea and found materials such as sea glass which can be seen in some of her jewellery pieces. Beach scenes are abundant in her abstract acrylic paintings where she uses a mixture of blue, turquoise, green and white to creative evocative seascapes. Recently Fiona has been influenced by the ancient people of Scotland resulting in the creation of a replica archaeological jewellery hoard for coursework.
For Fiona there are no limitations as far as mediums are concerned and her willigness to experiment feeds her creativity.
