About Us

We make art accessible for all so you can
1. become a better artist
2. feed your soul
3. enjoy the process

A coffee morning with friends was the start of our friendly art school. It all began as one evening art class in 2010 by hiring the art room at the local High School in Balfron, became popular and kept growing year by year.

Our art school now located at a purpose build studio in Killearn offers a wide range of weekly art classes & weekend workshops and gallery space. All materials are provided and everyone at every level is welcome to join. People book the classes because they love the process of making art in a friendly, relaxing environment and the bright spacious studio.

Our team of artists enjoy inspiring people in a supportive and yet challenging way to make art. We motivate as well as stimulate. We encourages people to explore new mediums and guide them in an open and flexible way.

Founders Claudia and Ewen Duncan.

Ewen Duncan studied painting at Glasgow School of Art followed by post graduate studies in New York. He worked in TV and film set design for 17 years until stetting up art4you Scotland with his wife Claudia to teach and sell art. His life has been varied and each change has had an influence on his work, none more so than the five years he and his wife lived in Sydney, Australia. He now lives with his wife, two daughters and one dog in Balfron near Loch Lomond National Park. Ewen loves to inspire people and to help them become better artist. He has the ability to make people feel confident about their way of working allowing them to try new ways of creating and improving existing skills.

Claudia Duncan, born in Germany, studied finance and accounting in Germany and Australia and brings the finance and organisational skills gained during her career in various corporate companies in Germany, Scotland and Australia into the mix to run and develop art4you Scotland. She has also discovered her artistic side since working at art4you Scotland and is working mainly in oil and pastels.

Charlotte Strawbridge is a Stirlingshire-based wildlife artist and writer whose expressive oil paintings are inspired by the flora, fauna and landscapes of the British countryside. Working instinctively in an alla prima style, she captures fleeting moments in nature with texture, warmth and immediacy. Through her When Beasts Spoke series, Charlotte combines painting and storytelling to explore mindfulness, quiet observation and the emotional wisdom found in the natural world.

Emma Pollock studied fine art drawing and painting at Glasgow School of art and her work explores creativity, atmosphere and personal expression through a contemporary visual style. Her practice reflects a passion for storytelling, observation and the evolving landscape of modern Scottish art.

Gilly McLaren studied Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Her work aims to create immersive landscapes that draw viewers in, encouraging a sense of being within the scene and reflecting the therapeutic qualities of art. Gilly loves guiding others to find and develop their unique creative voice. Her own work in drawing, painting and mixed media fuels her practice. She enjoys working across figurative, portrait and landscape subjects, with a strong focus on colour exploration.

Kerry Lindsell has a passion for caturing the soulful gaze of pets and the untamed spireit of wildlife. She specialises in bespoke pet portraits and evocative wildlife art, working with a blend of pastels and charcoals or oil paint.

Lorna Mackay studied art and design at Loughborough Art College, Staffordshire University and Birmingham Institute of Art & Design; practising artist and experience secondary school teacher for more than 20 years. Her passion apart from art is ceramics. She has a special hand when it comes to teaching and creating with this beautiful versatile medium as well as any painting and drawing medium.

Sally Morrison studied Textile Design at Nottingham Trent University.
Her love of design, pattern and colour has seen her enjoy an exciting and varied career designing textiles and surface pattern for the interiours market worldwide. She has spent many years working as a textile designer and interior design consultant. She created and delivered collections and products to the interiors market worldwide. She has enjoyed a varied and exciting career producing hand painted artwork and coordinating seasonal collections from initial concept development through to product launch. Sally skills are reflected in the competent delivery of our mixed media classes, painting & drawing classes and printmaking classes & workshops.

If you would like to know more about our team or think you have the friendly and artistic skills to join us, we would love to hear from you.