Alma WolfsonDA

Alma Wolfson, D.A, a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (Textile Design) has a long- established career. As a student of Bob Stewart, she learnt to paint outdoors, with all the challenges this presents - wind and weather - giving her the adrenaline she needs to plunge into her work. Alma says “Careful consideration is not me: Turner was a pioneer on the spot painter and the excitement shows. I also love Claude Lorraine who was not! His timeless romanticism captivates me, I want to be there in his landscapes in the soft golden afterglow of a hot day.”

Inspired by the works of Joan Eardley and William Gillies, she has developed her own style of painting, capturing many earthy colours, the effects of the weather and the changing light and atmosphere of Scottish landscapes in all seasons, embedding her own personal responses into her work.

Wolfson says “Painting and drawing are two separate activities for me. It is the feel of the paint on the brush, the inexactitude of the marks of a loaded brush, it is a record of my feelings on that day in that place, not a postcard of the view. The quality and fluidity is important, the manipulation of paint, pencil or pastels is like music, there are as many ways to compose a painting, as there is to compose a piece of music, each is unique.

Throughout her long career she has won numerous awards including: Barclay Lennie Award Glasgow Society of Women Artists 1995; Millers Art Prize Paisley Art Institute 1995; Southern Art Club Trophy 1995 &1998; Alva Purchase Prize SAAC 1998; Save the Children Award 2000, and she is a Past President of the Glasgow Society of Women Artists.
Alma has exhibited throughout the UK including at the Royal Academy, London and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. She is a long-time exhibitor with Compass Gallery and Gerber Fine Art. Her work is held in many private and public collections including The Scottish Arts Council; Bank of Scotland; University of Glasgow and Painting in Hospitals.

  • Landscape scene in Perthshire

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    Perthshire Landscape

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  • evening sky

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    Evening Clouds

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  • snow on distant hills over a cityscape

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    Snow on the Campsies

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  • Road leading off into the distance by a landscape

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    Lockdown Walks

  • View over rooftops, Glasgow

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    Rooftops

  • Landscape scene with snow

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    Winter reflections Perthshire

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  • landscape at dawn

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    Dawn Light

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  • Landscape scene

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    Passing shower, Perthshire

  • Evening on the Clyde river

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    Evening on the Clyde, Dumbarton Rock in fading light

  • Borders landscape

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    Sunlit Field, The Borders

  • View of artist's garden at night

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    Night Garden

  • landscape with a white building

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    Farmhouse, Thortonhall

  • mist on a mountain

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    Rising Mist, Pap of Glencoe

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  • highland scene

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    Ballachulish

  • view of an interior through a doorway

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    Interior, Glasgow Art Club

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  • interior of a room with various ceramics on show

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    Interior with ceramics

  • Boats in a harbour

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    Approaching Rain, Seahouses, Northumberland

  • Cranes at Greenock harbour during the Tall Ships Festival

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    Cranes at Greenock Tall Ships Festival

  • urban scene of Glasgow

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    Tron Church, West George Street

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  • Church at Anstruther with harbour in foreground

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    The Dreel Church, Anstruther

  • still life of kitchen utensils

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    Kitchen Table

  • Kitchen utensils

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    Batterie de Cuisine (Kitchen Tools)

  • Horses

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    Waiting for Tourists, Salzburg

  • Two horses at a show

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    Standing around

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    Top left: Strawberry Roan Clydesdale; Top right: Patiently Waiting; Bottom left: Blue Roan Shetland Pony; Bottom right: Shire Horse

  • musician playing a flute

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    Concentration (Flautist)

  • Musician playing a violin

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    Recital

  • Musician

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    Rapt

  • A musician playing an instrument

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    Cellist

  • Rooftops and trees

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    Eaglesham

  • River through trees

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    Distant Highway

  • Scottish landscape scene of trees and buildings

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    Winter Fields, Perthshire

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  • Landscape view over rooftops

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    Hills Above Pitlochry

  • Rows of houses at Portpatrick harbour

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    Harbour Terrace

  • Rainy landscape scene

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    Rain, The Isles of Glencoe

  • Objects on a windowsill with view to a garden

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    Winter Windowsill

  • Still life of jars on a shelf

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    Ginger Jar & Plums

  • collage of a landscape

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    Landscape composition

  • collage of a landscape

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    Landscape collage

  • Landscape in the Scottish highlands

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    The 'Thumb', Glencoe

  • potted plants on a table

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    Potted Plants

  • Orchid and a mug on a table

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    Orchid and coffee mug

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  • Boats and buildings at a harbour

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    Leith Dock

  • Brightly colourful buildings in Wexford, Ireland

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    Harbour Street, Wexford

  • Sea with a green cliff and buildings

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    Rhinns of Galloway

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  • Houses beside the village green with yellow flowers

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    Village Green, Sandhead

  • Rain clouds

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    Rain Again

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  • Cliffs with clouds

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    Lifting Cloud

  • View over Portpatrick to the harbour and lighthouse

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    Portpatrick

  • green landscape rolling down to meet the sea

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    Balvicar Sound

  • Scottish loch with hills and trees

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    West Highland Light

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  • Anstruther beach with buildings

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    Low Tide, Anstruther

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  • urban scene of Glasgow

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    Renovations near Trinity Tower, Glasgow

  • Horse with red ribbons in its mane

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    Cart Horse

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Resting Cart Horse

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  • Horse at a horse show

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    Between Events, Heavy Horse Show

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  • Horse at a horse show

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    Clydesdale, Heavy Horse Show

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  • Horse at a horse show

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    Canadian Percheron, waiting to be hitched

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Unhitched

  • Horse at a horse show

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    'Lightning', Heavy Horse Show

  • A horse at a horse fair

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    Waiting, Heavy Horse Show

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    Awaiting the carriage

  • Horse at a horse show

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    About to be hitched up

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Canadian Percheron

  • Tourist ponies in Switzerland

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    Carriage Ponies, Salzburg

  • Snow polo being played in the Swiss alps

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    Snow Polo, St. Moritz

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  • Cart collecting hay

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    'Hay Wain', Pollok Estate

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  • View over Glasgow city

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    Cloud Shadows, Cathkin Braes

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  • Urban scene of buildings and a car

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    Winter Evening, Waterloo Street

  • Cars and buildings

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    Polmadie Yard

  • Garden scene with trees

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    Dawn Garden

  • Dark Highland scene

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    Gloomy Day, Benderloch

  • Two horses pulling a cart

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    Norwegian Fiord Ponies

  • Perthshire hills

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    Perthshire Hills

  • View over Glasgow city

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    Cityscape

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  • View over Glasgow city

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    Glancing Sunlight, Cathkin Braes

  • View over Glasgow city

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    Cathkin Braes, Late Afternoon Light

  • Scene with chair and lamp in a dark room

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    Lamplight Reflections

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  • Musicians in an orchestra

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    The Page Turner

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  • Musician in costume playing an instrument

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    Recital in Costume

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Pretty Pony

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Heavy Horse I

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  • Horse at a horse show

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    Horse in Harness

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Saddled, Ready to Go

  • Horse at horse show

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    Pony I

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Dappled Horse

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Standing Horse

  • Figure on a pony learning to ride

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    Riding Class

  • Musicians performing

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    Royal Conservatoire Competition

  • Musicians performing

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    Applause

  • Figure with a hat on sitting on a bench

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    Portrait sitting (with hat)

  • Figure sketching outdoors

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    A Quick Sketch

  • Musicians performing

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    Song Recital

  • Musicians performing

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    Morning Recital, Opera Festival

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Handler and his Horse

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  • Horse at a horse show

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    Dappled Grey

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  • Horses and a carriage

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    Horses and Carriage II

  • Horses and a carriage

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    Horses and Carriage I

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Bruno, Dressed for the Show

  • Horse at a horse show

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    Dressed for the Show

  • Boats in a harbour

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    Tall Ships Festival, Greenock I

  • Ferris wheel at the Tall Ships Festival

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    Tall Ships Festival, Greenock II

  • Urban scene in city centre

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    Glasgow Street Scene

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  • Urban scene in Glasgow

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    Greek Thomson, Holmwood House

  • Urban scene in Glasgow

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    Snuff Mill Road, Cathcart

  • Scottish landscape scene

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    Racing Clouds, Perthshire

  • Landscape scene in Scotland

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    Towards Loch Broom

  • Landscape in Scotland

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    Sunlit Field, Gleneagles

  • Scottish landscape scene

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    Low Cloud on the Hill

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  • Highland scene

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    Low Cloud, Perthshire (Pitlochry)

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  • Highland scene

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    Rolling Mist, Kinlochleven

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  • misty Highland scene

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    Between Showers, Kinlochleven

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  • Scottish landscape scene

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    Sunlit Pastures

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  • landscape scene in Perthshire

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    Study for Perthshire Landscape

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  • Scottish landscape scene

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    Low Mist, Pitlochry

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