riginally from Edinburgh, Scotland and having spent twenty-nine years in Montreal, Eilean now lives in Marmora, Ontario. She has worked as a free-lance artist and illustrator since 1984.
Spending countless hours in the Scottish countryside as a child, Eilean was always keenly aware of her innate kinship with nature, and encouraged by her architect father, began drawing at an early age. Her passions for Nature, Music, History and Literature are ongoing and in 1996 she won first prize for Biological Illustration at McGill University in Montreal and were featured in the juried Arbo-Expo exhibition in Montreal. Her works have been displayed in various judged exhibitions and hang in private collections in Canada and the UK. She has also designed logos for The Nichoir Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Hudson, Quebec and for a Canadian Pharmaceutical Research Company’s international marketing campaign in South Korea. Eilean’s art has been featured in the Belleville Intelligencer and was featured in The Milestone exhibit at the Art Plus gallery in Belleville. She regularly donates pieces to organizations whose mandate is to improve the quality of life for both wild and domestic animals and has been at the forefront of a group of local artists to raise the profile of art in her region.
Drawing inspiration from the environment, works of literature and music, along with those around her, Eilean’s main focus is on the amazing creatures with which we are privileged to share our world. Her preferred style is realistic with a leaning toward the fantastic and working mostly in pastel, pencil and pen & ink, Eilean’s aim is to heighten our appreciation and understanding of the importance and interconnection of all living things and she continues to search-out and offer her artistic sill to various animal-related humane projects in an effort to increase their visibility. Her works evoke both passion and compassion as she captures the unique spirit of each creature she studies.
Eilean will be happy to discuss your ideas to create a personalized, original and affordable work which reflects your passions and accentuates your home or office environment.