Abigail McLellan

Abigail McLellan (11 July 1969 – 11 October 2009) was a Scottish artist.

Biography

McLellan was born in Middlesbrough, where her father was an engineer with ICI, but her family moved to Dumfries when she was 12 years old.

McLellan trained at the Glasgow School of Art.[1] She was noted for still-life paintings consisting of "pared-down, almost abstracted, images of single plants, flowers, and other distinct items, set against richly-worked backgrounds of saturated colour"[2] and portraits, both bearing the strong influence of Japanese art.[1]

McLellan met her partner, painter Alasdair Wallace, at the Glasgow School of Art; the couple married in 2009.[2] She died aged 40 the same year from complications of multiple sclerosis.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rebecca Hossack Obituary: Abigail McLellan, The Guardian, 18 October 2009
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matthew Sturgis Obituary: Abigail McLellan, The Independent, 21 October 2009