Ann Oram RSW was born in 1956 in London although she grew up in the Scottish Highlands. She was educated in Scotland and went on to attend the Edinburgh College of Art in 1976 - 82 where she trained to become an artist. She was particularly inspired by Gillies, Anne Redpath and Sir Robin Philipson who was Head of School at the time. She was taught by Elizabeth Blackadder, John Houston and David Michie.
Ann was a part time lecturer in Art at Edinburgh College of Art between 1983 and 85 and was elected to the RSW in 1986. The following year she moved to Spain and in 1988 returned to the UK.
In 2006 she again moved abroad this time to live and paint in Vienna, Austria. Thereafter Ann visited and worked in Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy and Hungary and this period of travel brought rich experience of culture and painting subject matter.
Ann has exhibited at the RSW (Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour), at the Royal Scottish Academy, the R.A Summer Show, London, and at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, as well as in many other galleries in England, Scotland and in Vienna, Austria.
During her career, Ann has won many awards including, The Largo Award 1991, The Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship 1981, The Andrew Grant Major Award 1981 and in 1991 the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour presented her with The May Marshall Brown Award. She was awarded the William Gillies Award again by the RSW in 1998.
She has been commissioned to work by many of Scotlands major companies and her work features in many private and corporate collections worldwide.
Today Ann mixes professional painting with running small art courses with specialised themes from her home studio in Fife. Her painting is sought after and her style unique. She moves with ease from landscape to still life and floral, and from watercolour to oil to mixed media with a mature sense of composition and tone.
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