SELECTED WORK
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Further Links
Oscar Goodall retrospective at the Scottish Showcase Gallery.
www.showcasegallery.co.uk
Dronma
Born in Glasgow in 1947, Dronma 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 whilst she was bringing up her family.
Until 2008, Dronma was a part-time lecturer at Forth Valley College. Now she spends most of her time painting and is a member of the Glasgow Society of Women Artists (GSWA), winning the Scottish Amicable Award 2007 at their 125th Anniversary Exhibition.
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. At art school she studied sculpture, which has given her the sense of form that she developed and which can still be seen in her paintings.
Dronma’s vibrant landscapes have gained her a fine reputation amongst discerning buyers of contemporary Scottish art. As a modern colourist, she has a bold vibrant style which evokes the character of Scotland’s mountains and shores. The charged brush stokes don’t just depict the scenes, but conjure up the everchanging elements and atmosphere of the place.
Dronma has been a Tibetan Buddhist since 1976, and her
unusual name is her Tibetan Buddhist name. She understands the rewards of meditation and uses this to make her work, with its wild and windswept scenes, gleam with an inner light.
Her work has been exhibited all over the UK, and is in private collections world-wide. She recently took part in the Primavera Art Rotterdam 2008 and is now also exhibiting in Vienna.