Fiona Watson was born in Newfoundland, however has lived in Scotland for most of her life as that os where her family comes from. She has also lived in Rhode Island, USA and then London UK. She studied Biological Sciences at Leicester University and then started editing journals for several years. She then went on to studying printmaking at the Glasgow Print Studio.
On her website, she has answered a numerous amount of questions to explain herself as an artist. She claims etching, digital artwork, collage, photography, short films and land art is what allows her to express herself as an artist. the influences behind her work originate from everyday objects, she she changed to be seen in a slightly different way, or just slightly rearranged. She still finds some influences from the Biological Sciences she studied, and elaborated on the fact that science and mathematics still fascinate her through the use of patterns in nature.
Her creative process is influenced through the use of that is immediately available around her, which allows her to go with the flow. The artist claims that photography was only used to be for the use of painting and printmaking, but over the years it has become very important to her. She states "the immediacy of digital photography and photoshop has changed the way I work and see things." I relate to this because photoshop really opened up my eyes to how much depth you can take a photo, and how much more meaning you can give it. Furthermore, she express that ultimately she is trying to get an audience to see things the way she sees them, in terms of nature and the environment. It appears all the objects she uses are easily accessible such as sticks, stones, wood, flowers, pieces of paper etc, and then she just rearranges the pieces to draw attention to it. However she slows her work to be left to the viewers imagination but leaving some negative space within each piece of artwork, to allow the viewer to make the image their own. Overall, Watson explains that making art makes her feel like electricity is running through her body, that creates a shiver down her spine.
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