Artist : Jennifer McRae
Title : Hospitalfield House, Sonya Sleeping
Medium : oil on linen
Dimensions : 122 x 91 cm


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Jennifer McRae is best known for her distinctive portraits. Inspired by both abstract and figurative artists, she works mainly from life in oil and watercolour on paper and canvas. The process of drawing remains of equal importance to painting in her practice. Her distinct style continues to be widely recognised and greatly admired. As a result, she has been commissioned to paint a number of well-known figures including Judi Dench, Michael Frayn and Sir Chris Hoy. 

Jennifer McRae is a Scottish artist currently living and working in London. Her work can be found in several public collections including the National Portrait Gallery, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Reading Museum among others and is included in private collections worldwide. She studied painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen from 1987-1992 and received a First Class degree in Fine Art. Over the years McRae has received numerous awards as either the Winner or Runner-Up including the BP Portrait Award, the Hunting Art Prizes, the Singer Friedlander and Kaupthing Watercolour prizes, the Morrison Scottish Portrait award and the Honorary Society of Painter Stainers Award. Since 1988 her work has appeared in group and solo exhibitions in Britain and America