Ishbel McWhirter

Please click on page 1 and 2 below to view further examples of Ishbel McWhirters work

Self portrait

Page 1 Portraits
Page 2 Landscape &
flower studies

Ishbel McWhirter lives and works in London and North Wales. From an early age she came under the influence of two of the most liberating personalities of post-war Britain - A.S. Neill who ran Summerhill School and Oskar Kokoschka whose pupil she also became.

Until recently she was better known for her portraits of which it has been said that "with spare bold strokes ... she manages to find personal essences in her sitters' expressions and postures, somehow making the viewer's point of focus lust a little behind the eyes of the subiect."

Now her landscapes and flowers are becoming more fully appreciated. Just as with her portraits she goes right to the essence of her subject which can be seen in the immaculately beautiful studies of flowers.

Ishbel has exhibited widely and her work is in many private collections including the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

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