about the artist
Kosana is a Scottish artist who resides in the Kingdom of Fife. She studied art and design in Glasgow after completing her secondary education and, after a break from the arts, returned to study fine art at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1990s.She takes her inspiration from nature; surroundings, colour, light and texture all play a part in helping her to create contemporary paintings using acrylic, mixed media and watercolour. Her subject matter varies dependent on her mood at the time, ranging from landscapes to abstract. She also enjoys figurative work.
Kosana doesn’t like to be constrained to one particular type of painting/style, nor does she believe in producing endless similar works of art as this doesn’t suit her restless nature. While she has a very definite ‘style’, she continues to try out new methods/techniques regularly, resulting in her work evolving a little more each time. She doesn’t work from sketch books, preferring to work from reality, photographs or memories. Her paintings start as a rough idea in her mind’s eye when a basic colour palette is also decided. However, from that point on, the rest of the painting evolves spontaneously on the canvas until completion.
Kosana has her work in private collections throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. The NHS also purchased 9 paintings for permanent display at a local hospital. She exhibits throughout the year at a variety of venues/galleries. Kosana works from her studio in Edinburgh and welcomes enquiries or commissions. She can be contacted via 'contacts' section above.
In the summer of 2006, Kosana joined a group of Scottish artists named The Art Collective Scotland. They held their first joint exhibition in Cardrona near Peebles in the Scottish Borders in August 2006. More exhibitions are planned for 2007 onwards. The other members of the group are John Boyle, Ros Callander, Dmitry Guskov, Cherie Sullivan and Claire Cooper Walsh. For more details please visit The Art Collective website via the link on 'links' page.
Around the same time, she also joined the Rogue Gene Collective, which is a small group of artists located throughout the UK, who are committed to helping each other attain a higher level of visibility for their work. This is done purely by pooling resources, information, knowledge and contacts. There are nine full time members and a handful of guests - again, see the Rogue Gene Collective link on the 'links' page for further information.