Kayla Spence
- Work
- Biography
My work explores the tension between abstraction and representation within the landscape, with a particular focus on Scottish hillscapes. I’m drawn to their stillness, their weathered faces, and the quiet strength they hold. Through my paintings, I aim to reveal the delicacy and intimacy of these places, capturing not just how they appear, but how they feel.
I use organic, muted colour palettes that reflect the natural tones of the land, paired with expressive lines and varied compositions that shift the work toward abstraction. This approach allows me to move between the familiar and the ambiguous, mirroring the emotional experience of being in these landscapes.
Creating these paintings offers me space to process the comfort and, at times, the uncertainty these hills evoke. They are more than just physical places; they represent home, memory, and identity.
I use organic, muted colour palettes that reflect the natural tones of the land, paired with expressive lines and varied compositions that shift the work toward abstraction. This approach allows me to move between the familiar and the ambiguous, mirroring the emotional experience of being in these landscapes.
Creating these paintings offers me space to process the comfort and, at times, the uncertainty these hills evoke. They are more than just physical places; they represent home, memory, and identity.
BA(Hons) Degree in Painting, Gray’s School of Art (2020-2024).
Curator/organiser of “Analogous” at Moray Art Centre, February to April 2024.
This included social media promotion, designing posters, curating the show and installing.
Volunteer curator at Moray Art centre, summer 2023
Contestant on Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year, Series 10, 2025.
Exhibitions:
“Shifting Light, Silent Land” Solo exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, May 13th - 27th 2025
“Summer Annual Show” Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, August 2024
“Gray’s Degree Show” Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, June 2024
“Analogous” Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, February 2024
“New Year, New Me, New World Order” Edinburgh Palette, January 2024
“Warm Voices” Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, December 2023
“Gray in the life” LookAgain, Aberdeen November 2023
“Art on the Edge” Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, February 2023
Instagram : @kspence_art
Curator/organiser of “Analogous” at Moray Art Centre, February to April 2024.
This included social media promotion, designing posters, curating the show and installing.
Volunteer curator at Moray Art centre, summer 2023
Contestant on Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year, Series 10, 2025.
Exhibitions:
“Shifting Light, Silent Land” Solo exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, May 13th - 27th 2025
“Summer Annual Show” Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, August 2024
“Gray’s Degree Show” Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, June 2024
“Analogous” Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, February 2024
“New Year, New Me, New World Order” Edinburgh Palette, January 2024
“Warm Voices” Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, December 2023
“Gray in the life” LookAgain, Aberdeen November 2023
“Art on the Edge” Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, February 2023
Instagram : @kspence_art
- Kayla Spence
- Untitled
- Oil
- Kayla Spence
- An Evening in June
- Oil
- Kayla Spence
- Untitled
- Oil
- Kayla Spence
- Part 1 of drawing
- Drawing
- Kayla Spence
- Part 2 of drawing
- Drawing
- Kayla Spence
- Part 3 of drawing
- Drawing
- Kayla Spence
- Roadside near Beinn Eighe
- Oil
- Kayla Spence
- Showdown Peak, Landscape Artist of the Year
- Oil
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