Welcome to my website
My name is Mandie Messer and I’m an artist who now lives and works in the Highlands of Scotland. I paint using a combination of pen, ink, crayon, pastel, acrylic, gouache and watercolour. I have recently …
Velvet ribbons
This painting of a Red Deer was inspired by a wonderful photograph taken by Don MacKinnon, a local landscape and wildlife photographer. Other examples of his work can be found on his Facebook page.Â
3D Salmon & Pike
Here are some 3D fish that I modelled in clay and Papier Mache before painting and mounting on board. They now take pride of place on our kitchen wall. I think the 3D effect works rather …
The Monarch of the Glen
The Monarch of the Glen is the largest painting that I have ever painted – as far as I know the canvas that I used was A0 thats a massive 33.1 x 46.8 inches! It was …
The Hare
Hares and rabbits are similar in size but hares are often a bit bigger with longer ears and back legs. To escape from a predator, rabbits tend to bolt underground while hares rely on speed and …
The Red Deer
My felted picture of this Red Deer was inspired by a wonderful photograph taken by Don MacKinnon, a local landscape and wildlife photographer. Other examples of his work can be found on his Facebook page. The …
The Red Squirrel
The red squirrel is famed for its orange-red fur, but is actually quite variable in colour, ranging from vivid ginger to dark brown. In winter, the fur is often tinged with grey and large tufts develop …
After Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter received mass distribution on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on Memorial Day, May 29, 1943. Rockwell’s illustration features a brawny woman taking her lunch break with a rivet gun …
The Highland Cow
My felted picture of this Highland Cow was inspired by this windswept photograph taken by Don MacKinnon, a local landscape and wildlife photographer. Other examples of his work can be found on his Facebook page. The …