More about the artist

Alma Wolfson has exhibited at many solo and mixed British and Scottish art exhibitions. In the process Alma’s paintings have won many art awards including: Barclay Lennie Award Glasgow Society of Women Artists 1995; Millers Art Prize Paisley Art Institute 1995; Southern Art Club Trophy 1995 &1998; Alva Purchase Prize SAAC 1998; Save the Children Award 2000. Alma Wolfson is a member and Past President of GSWA; the SAAC; and Southern Art Club.

Alma Wolfson contemporary paintings can be found in the art collections of: Scottish Arts Council and Bank of Scotland. Wolfson paintings are also in many private Scottish art collections as well as International art collections.



Alma loves painting ‘en plein air’ in the Scottish country and seaside. She produces compelling paintings in both oil and watercolours. Wolfson’s painterly approach is suited and used to great effect when painting Landscape or Seascapes. But she is equally at home producing beautiful Still Life paintings.

However it is the constantly changing Scottish weather patterns which are a constant source of inspiration and challenge to Wolfson. These paintings communicate real atmosphere – capturing the time and place often in dramatic fashion. Alma says: “The best thing in the world is to be tucked away, out of the wind, in the Scottish countryside or by the sea, painting like fury before the next change in the weather”. For the last 30 years she spent time on the tiny island of Easdale on Scotland’s west coast. Much of her landscape work has been inspired by this remote part of Argyll where Alma is a familiar sight on the island – often seen as a tiny figure sitting wrapped up against the elements in front of a large canvas

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Alma Wolfson has exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. These include: Royal Glasgow Institute; Glasgow Royal Scottish Academy. She has also shown at the Royal Academy and Mall Galleries, London. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Alma Wolfson artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.

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