About

Artist Catriona Stewart in her studio in front of one of her colour paintingss/

Catriona Stewart
Artist and Designer

Catriona Stewart’s work springs from her desire to express the wonder and the mystery of this world. She is a colourist at heart, and in all her work she is exploring the power of colour to communicate thoughts, ideas and emotions.

For her, the colour is the meaning, and the magic; she prefers to let the colours speak for themselves, as they come from so far away, they are so old, and they keep so many secrets.

She makes abstract, representational and imagined paintings, which are united more by her aims than by the categories used to define them.

Absolutely lovely, quite beautiful. She has enormous talent.
— Richard Dorment, The Telegraph’s Chief Art Critic (2015)
 

 

Catriona comes from the Highlands of Scotland. After going to Oxford University, where she studied English, she established her own company, Catriona Stewart Ltd, designing and making her own products.

The company thrived, and she sold her work worldwide. She was commissioned by the National Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and the V&A in London. She also sold to department stores, galleries and museums in America, Europe and Japan. She continues to design and commission handmade rugs.

On moving to Yorkshire 20 years ago, she fulfilled a lifelong ambition to become an artist. Since then, she has devoted her life to painting. Catriona is married, with three children and eight grandchildren.

 

 

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Exhibitions

2025: The Pineapple Gallery, Bishop Auckland
2024: Zilla Bell, Thirsk
2018: 54 The Gallery, London, W1
2016: Group exhibition, Eboracum Way Gallery, York
2015: Group exhibition, 20th Century Theatre, Westbourne Grove, W11
2013:  Group exhibition, Mount St Gallery, W1
2011 -2022: Annual North York Open Studios