My name is Mandie Messer and I live in the Highlands of Scotland. I have always found delight in painting and drawing and if I had a pencil and paper I was content and could amuse myself for hours as a child. I now paint too, using a combination of pen, ink, crayon, pastel, acrylic, gouache and watercolour. I have recently started working in fleece, clay and papier-mâché, and my website includes examples of both my paintings and some of the three dimensional pieces I have created using these other mediums.

I love the landscapes around me and have always been afraid to try to capture them….. they are so vast and awe inspiring, rushing tides, thunderous waterfalls close to home. I have always tried to capture the twinkle in an eye and the delicate whisker, so Landscape Plein Air oils are very new to me. Now that I have experienced the wind in my hair and swashbuckled my brushes in the wind I have found another way to express myself. I have even had the sea washing up the legs of my easel before I noticed. Thank you for taking time to look at my attempts.