Our current gallery exhibition is by Renske Brune and will be on display from the beginning of 2011 until the end of July 2011.
Details of this exhibition and the artist can be found below.
Renske Brune
I was born in Holland in the 60’s and have always had a strong love for both science and art. After secondary school I went to study science in Amsterdam. I developed an interest in form and philosophy rather than genetics and other molecular pursuits, so I took a wide range of subjects ranging from botany to embryology and neuroscience. After graduating I moved to Edinburgh to work in the Medical School as a scientist making detailed anatomical models of mouse embryos. I also took a PhD in Anatomy and Embryology. It was here that I became really engrossed with, and love, natural form and ‘wholeness’ and this was crowned with coming across Goethe’s and Haeckl’s work.
During this time I had my two children and it became clear to me I wanted to move from Science to art, keeping strong hold of my love for everything that grows in nature. I started taking several part time courses at ECA and Leith School of Art and ultimately did the intensive full time painting course at Leith in 2008/2009.
