by Seonaid Clarke
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ART REVIEW in the Hebridean Newspaper 06 Oct 2006 "Story Behind the Picture" by Eilidh Whiteford
"ALTHOUGH not trained traditionally through means of an art degree, Seonaid Clarke is an artist, as with many living and working in the Western Isles, who is self taught and producing works of an extremely high and exceedingly professional quality.
"I've been drawing and painting since I was old enough to hold a pencil, though I must say that much of my art has developed simply through experimenting, along with a great deal of trial and error," Seonaid chuckled.
"When I was younger my mother did encourage me to go for art college, but at that time the only real option after training was to go into art teaching and I really didn't fancy that, so I guess I rebelled a bit and never went.
"I'm pleased with the way my work has developed, by experimenting and finding things out the hard way. I think that if I had been told I could only do things a certain way, or that what I was doing wasn't right, I would have given up, but this way I enjoy myself and have fun with the 'happy' accidents that happen!"
Yet, what Seonaid perhaps calls an accident, others call pure talent, and indeed in viewing the works of this local artist, her natural abilities, skills and flourish of creativity are readily on display for all to see.
In the column this week we shall be looking at two examples of Seonaid's work -