Dronma Show 2008
Dronma, born Glasgow in 1947, studied at Laurel Bank and then Glasgow School of Art, where she graduated in 1969.
After studies at Jordanhill College of Education, and a period of teaching she moved to rural Stirlingshire where she kept goats, hens and bees while she was bringing up her family.
Now Dronma spends most of her time painting and is a part
time lecturer at Forth Valley College, and a member of the
Glasgow Society of Woman Artists (GSWA).
Painting is Dronma’s first love, and one of her earliest memories
is of being given a stool and watercolour materials and sitting
alongside her father learning to paint.
Dronma decided to study sculpture at Art School. The sense of
form which she developed at this time can still be seen in her
paintings and the sensuous sweeps and curves are reminiscent
of the plasticity of clay.
Dronma’s vibrant landscapes have gained her a fine reputation
amongst discerning buyers of contemporary Scottish art, as a
modern colourist. Her bold vibrant style evokes the character
in both mountains and shores. The charged brush strokes don’t
just depict the scenes, but conjure up the elements and the
atmosphere of place.
In her own words “the one thing I can be sure of in this life is
“change”. I am fascinated with the vibrance of the ‘in-betweens’.
Land/sea; day/night; wild/calm; all are periods of change where I
can feel the energy and the pull of the elements, heightening the
senses.”
Dronma has been a Tibetan Buddhist since 1976. Her unusual
name is her Tibetan Buddhist name, and part of her
commitment to her religion has taken the form of creating
Tibetan thanka paintings. (iconographic scroll paintings), which
form a permanent collection at the Scottish Retreat Centre at
Balquidder.
Dronma understands the rewards of meditation. Her
expressive landscapes may be wild and windswept but they
also gleam with an inner light. Her work has been exhibited all
over the United Kingdom, and are in private collections world
wide.
Dronma’s commissioned portraits are appreciated from the
Outer Hebrides to New Delhi.
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY DRONMA
Lochan, Evening Light Oils £325
Headland Croft Oils £325
Low Evening Sun Oils £325
Sun Downing, Oils Oils £325
Croft After the Storm Oils £325
Safe Harbour Oils £325
Valtos, Lewis Oils £950
Spring Fires Oils £950
Evening Glow, Harris Oils £475
Sunset Storm Oils £475
Distant Showers Oils £475
Outcrop/High Summer Oils £1500
Summer Evening, Port Ellen, Islay Oils £475
Skirling Flight Oils £475
Sun Glowing Sky Oils £475
Winter Sheep, North Lochs, Lewis Oils £950
Cockleshell Bay, Barra Oils £950
Road to Leurbost/Lewis Oils £695
Saligo Bay, Islay Oils £695
The Leithes Oils £1500
Headland Croft Oils £695
Gull Flight and Shore Croft Oils £695
Cottage at the Edge of Atlantic, Tiree Oils £950
Road to Limehill/Ranais, Lewis Oils £950
Distant Lightening Oils £475
White Foam, Summer Squall Oils £475
Scarnish Bay, Tiree Oils £475
Rainbow, Carnas a Charaig Oils £1500
Moonlit Seas Oils £475
Moon Over May Oils £475
Late Spring Snowfall Oils £475
Balevuillin, Tiree Oils £950
View from Horgabost,Harris Oils £950
Home Fires, Autumn Rain Oils £1200
Scarnish, Tiree Oils £950
Warm Summer Evening & White Spray Oils £695
Breakers and Cliffs Oils £695