donald provan

Donald Provan is a Scottish artist who lives and works in Edinburgh. He graduated from Edinburgh College of art with a degree in Drawing and Painting in 1986, before going on to gain a Post Graduate Diploma in 1987. Water is the strong theme that runs through all of his work, whether that be in his paintings of  river banks and the coastal regions of Scotland, or in his superb depictions of fish. The influence of this can be traced back to his early years spent growing up in a coastal mining town in Fife, where the bold intensity of the sea and fish were in stark contrast to the dark shoreline. Working in oils, Provan approaches his fish paintings in a controlled and precise manor, using fine watercolour brushes. Contrastingly, his landscapes are created  using a much freer, textural approach, where the final result is very much dictated by the paint. Provan has exhibited widely throughout the UK and his work is held in private collections both nationally and internationally.