About Me

I'm Jade Stout, a visual artist whose work is rooted in landscape, horizon lines and the shifting tension between calm and movement. I grew up in Orkney, where the meeting of sea and sky became an early, instinctive language for me, something I still return to in my practice today. That sense of wide, breathing space sits quietly under everything I make. 

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I studied painting at Edinburgh College of Art at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and those years shaped how I think about composition, colour, rhythm and the emotional pull of a minimal mark. My work often leans toward abstraction, but it is always anchored in live places; coastlines, weather systems, the feeling of standing on the edge of something vast and powerful. 

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Alongside my studio practice, I've spent much of my career in research, insight and strategy roles within the cultural and financial sectors. That background gives me a particular way of seeing. I am always looking for patterns, for the human story behind decisions, and for the small details that shift how we understand a place or moment. This analytical thread runs through my creative process too. My paintings evolve through quiet observations, editing, layering and returning again and again until the work finds the right balance. 

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I also volunteer with art and cultural organisations, which keeps me connected to the wider creative community in Scotland and continually feeds my thinking about how people engage with art - in their homes, in public spaces and in the everyday of their lives. 

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When I am developing original paintings, mono-prints or artist books, the intention stays the same to make pieces that offer a moment of clam, a sense of place and a subtle connection back to the landscapes that formed me.