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 …
Highland Art Fair 2021
High Life Highland are delighted to be hosting the 17th Art Fair once again at the Strathpeffer Pavilion. if you live locally why not come along and see over 300 pieces of local Art work from …
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
Spring 2021 – Strathpeffer Craft Fair
Here are some of my latest creations that I have put together for the Craft Fair at Strathpeffer in spring of 2021. The Salmon is made from papier-mâché and the Foxgloves is made from felted wool, …
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 …