Love of the Scottish landscape

In 1968 Edinburgh born Mary Shaw moved with her husband to rural Aberdeenshire. After finishing her training at Edinburgh College of Art and Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen she worked as a Teacher of Art & Design in Peterhead Academy, retiring as Head of Department in 2004.

Although she has spent considerable time travelling in Europe, it is a love of the Scottish landscape, from the rolling Border hills to the haunting charm of Sutherland's lochs and isolated beaches, that continually inspires her artistic imagination.