Lisa is based on the North West coast of Scotland in a remote part of the world full of wildlife, wide-open landscapes and extremes. She trained at Brighton Polytechnic, Psalter Lane Sheffield and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Her work has focussed on sound, video and more recently painting and drawing inspired by the extreme weather and landscape of the Highlands.
Her working studio and small gallery space is in Shieldaig, close to the Torridon mountains. She is often open for visits. You can also view and buy work from the online shop.
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BLUE ROOF STUDIO
& GALLERY
SHIELDAIG
2026
October - March
Message/whatsapp or call 0744 3412637 to arrange a time to drop by that suits you
Visitors are very welcome. You can also email me at:
lisafentart@gmail.com
I look forward to seeing you!
March-October I am open most weeks
Opening days for 2027 will be updated here.
News / events
Jan 2027 Preselected for Visual Art Scotland Annual Show at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Jun to Aug 2026 Selected for Visual Art Scotland STRATA exhibition at Inverness Creative Academy/WASPS
Selected Royal Scottish Society of Watercolour Painters 145th Annual Exhibition , RSA, Edinburgh Feb 2026
My pieces were mentioned in The Scotsman by Duncan Macmillan as part of group shows in 2025 and 2026.
Jan 2026 Visual Art Scotland Biennial Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy. Short review of my piece Force 6, NW Highlands by Viv Devlin in Artmag Dec 2026
'The meticulous fluidity and dripping splash of the Sumi ink pattern is blended with actual rain water blown by the gale force wind. The result is just so instinctive and immediate, authentic and raw. Fenton’s art is less about an idyllic ‘Highland postcard’, more about the force and transience of the Highlands: weather, environment and emotional mood.' Viv Devlin
Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Show at The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 17/2/24-19/3/24
Reviewed in The Times, 4* and The Scotsman 4*
Including a small mention 'Lisa Fenton O'Brien's Raintrees, a lovely drawing of trees, is done, says the artist, with ink and raindrops.'
RSW 143rd Centenary Show Annual Open at The Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh 13/1/24-6/2/24
Reviewed in the Scotsman 4* by Duncan Macmillan, and a small mention 'there are plenty of others where real skill skill is the vehicle for something much more valuable. Take Lisa Fenton O'Brien's 'Coile Badan Mhugaidgh, October' for instance. Executed in ink and wash, both cool grey and warm sepia, it is a free and lively drawing of pines against a misty background.......'
Society of Scottish Artists 125th Annual Exhibition at the MacLaurin Gallery, Ayrshire 19/11/23-14/1/24